American college football season
The 2017 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Dan Hunt and played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium . They were a member of the Patriot League . They finished the season 7–4, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Lehigh . Due to their head-to-head loss over Lehigh, they did not receive a bid to the FCS Playoffs.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 26 7:00 p.m. at No. 23 Cal Poly * ESPNU W 20–148,428 September 9 1:00 p.m. No. 9 Richmond * STADIUM L 17–206,994 September 16 6:00 p.m. at Buffalo * ESPN3 L 10–3311,546 September 23 1:00 p.m. Furman * Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM L 14–454,119 September 30 1:30 p.m. at Cornell * ILN W 21–73,325 October 7 1:00 p.m. Lehigh Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM L 38–412,986 October 14 Noon Fordham Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM W 38–122,622 October 21 Noon at Holy Cross STADIUM W 45–76,784 October 28 1:00 p.m. Bucknell Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM W 40–36,763 November 11 12:30 p.m. at Lafayette STADIUM W 27–05,612 November 18 1:00 p.m. at Georgetown STADIUM W 35–102,211 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 10 7 3 0 20 No. 23 Mustangs 0 0 0 14 14
1 2 3 4 Total No. 9 Spiders 0 7 0 13 20 Raiders 0 7 7 3 17
1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 3 0 7 0 10 Bulls 20 10 0 3 33
1 2 3 4 Total Paladins 21 17 7 0 45 Raiders 0 7 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 0 14 0 7 21 Big Red 0 0 7 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total Mountain Hawks 14 7 7 13 41 Raiders 7 21 0 10 38
1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 0 6 6 12 Raiders 14 3 7 14 38
1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 7 10 21 7 45 Crusaders 7 0 0 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 3 0 0 0 3 Raiders 6 27 0 7 40
1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 0 14 13 0 27 Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 7 14 14 0 35 Hoyas 10 0 0 0 10
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — RV RV RV RV RV RV RV — — — — — — Coaches — 25 RV — — — — — — — — — — —
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold