1953 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1953 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its second season under head coach Hal Lahar, the team compiled a 3–4–2 record and was outscored by a total of 161 to 147. Gary Chandler was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

1953 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record3–4–2
Head coachHal Lahar (2nd season)
CaptainGary Chandler
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army      7 1 1
Harvard      6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 0
Yale      5 2 2
Penn State      6 3 0
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Boston College      5 3 1
Boston University      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Princeton      5 4 0
Tufts      4 3 0
Cornell      4 3 2
Holy Cross      5 5 0
Temple      4 4 1
Colgate      3 4 2
Columbia      4 5 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Villanova      4 6 0
Drexel      2 3 1
Brown      3 5 1
Penn      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Dartmouth      2 7 0
Buffalo      1 5 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26at CornellL 7–27
October 3 No. 20 Holy CrossL 6–19
October 10at Harvard
L 26–28
October 17at DartmouthW 24–14
October 24at YaleT 7–7
October 31at RutgersW 33–13
November 7Bucknell
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 19–12
November 14at SyracuseL 18–34
November 21at Brown
T 7–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "1953 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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