2019 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2019 Colgate Raiders football team represents Colgate University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by sixth-year head coach Dan Hunt and play their home games at Andy Kerr Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League.

2019 Colgate Raiders football
Conference	Patriot League
2019 record	4–8 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach	Dan Hunt (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Open
Defensive coordinator	Paul Shaffner (7th season)
Home stadium	Andy Kerr Stadium (Capacity: 10,221)
Uniform

2019 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Holy Cross $^		5	–	1					7	–	5
Lafayette		4	–	2					4	–	8
Bucknell		3	–	3					3	–	8
Lehigh		3	–	3					4	–	7
Colgate		3	–	3					4	–	8
Fordham		2	–	4					4	–	8
Georgetown		1	–	5					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant

Previous season

The Raiders finished the 2018 season 10–2, 6–0 in Patriot League play to be Patriot League champions. They received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated James Madison in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State. Following the season, they were awarded the Lambert Division I FCS Cup by the Eastern College Athletic Conference and the Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying the Raiders as the best team in the East in Division I FCS.[1]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.

Award	Player	Position	Year
Walter Payton Award[2]	Grant Breneman	QB	JR
Buck Buchanan Award[3]	Abu Daramy–Swaray	CB	SR
	Nick Wheeler	DE	SR

Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Raiders were picked to finish in first place, receiving 12 of 14 first-place votes.[4]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	72 (12)
2	Holy Cross	58 (2)
3	Georgetown	51
4	Fordham	39
5	Lehigh	38
6	Lafayette	21
7	Bucknell	15

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Raiders led the conference in selections, having ten players picked to the preseason All-Patriot League team. Additionally, Quarterback Grant Breneman was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman Nick Wheeler was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.[4]

Offense Grant Breneman – QB Alex Mathews – RB Nick Diaco – TE Jack Badovinac – OL Jovaun Woolford – OL

Defense Nick Wheeler – DL Nick Ioanilli – LB Abu Daramy–Swaray – DB

Special teams Chris Puzzi – PK Abu Daramy–Swaray – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	12:00 p.m.	Villanova*	No. 13	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	CBSSN	L 14–34	4,519
August 31	3:30 p.m.	at Air Force*	No. 13	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN3	L 7–48	33,101
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at William & Mary*		Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	FloSports	L 10–38	6,777
September 21	12:00 p.m.	No. 12 Maine*		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	L 21–35	5,606
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Dartmouth*		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 3–38	6,122
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	L 14–21	3,838
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Bucknell		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	L 14–32	2,386
October 19	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell*		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 21–20	2,970
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Stadium	L 10–31	10,926
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Georgetown		Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	W 24–14	1,914
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Fordham		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	W 24–13	1,406
November 16	12:30 p.m.	at		Fisher Field Easton, PA	Stadium	W 16–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

[5]

Game summaries

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	27	0	7	34
No. 13 Raiders	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2008	NOVA, 55–28

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP NOVA COLG 2 14:20 6 62 1:51 NOVA Jalen Jackson 18-yard touchdown reception from Daniel Smith, Drew Kresge kick good 7 0 2 13:16 NOVA Interception returned 27 yards for touchdown by Jaquan Amos, Drew Kresge kick good 14 0 2 2:07 8 91 4:26 NOVA Changa Hodge 45-yard touchdown reception from Daniel Smith, Drew Kresge kick missed 20 0 2 0:12 6 61 0:43 NOVA Andrew Perez 15-yard touchdown reception from Daniel Smith, Drew Kresge kick good 27 0 3 6:27 12 68 5:41 COLG Nick Draught 10-yard touchdown reception from Grant Breneman, Chris Puzzi kick good 27 7 4 13:26 8 77 3:05 COLG Grant Breneman 1-yard touchdown run, Chris Puzzi kick good 27 14 4 8:41 10 78 4:40 NOVA Daniel Smith 9-yard touchdown run, Drew Kresge kick good 34 14 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 34 14

at Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Raiders	0	0	7	0	7
Falcons	7	28	13	0	48

See also: 2019 Air Force Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013	AF, 38–13

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	7	3	0	10
Tribe	17	0	7	14	38

See also: 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–6	2018	GATE, 23–0

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Black Bears	7	14	14	0	35
Raiders	0	7	7	7	21

See also: 2019 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	0	3	0	3
Big Green	14	10	7	7	38

See also: 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–6–1	2011	DART, 37–20

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	14	0	7	21
Raiders	7	7	0	0	14

See also: 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–25–2	2018	GATE, 48–6

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	14	6	6	6	32
Raiders	7	0	7	0	14

See also: 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
50–17	2018	GATE, 27–3

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	14	7	0	21
Big Red	3	7	7	3	20

See also: 2019 Cornell Big Red football team and Colgate–Cornell football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
48–49–3	2018	GATE, 31–0

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	3	0	7	10
Crusaders	7	14	10	0	31

See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–40–5	2018	GATE, 24–17

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	7	10	7	24
Hoyas	0	7	0	7	14

See also: 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–1	2018	GATE, 38–0

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	7	3	0	13
Raiders	7	7	7	3	24

See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–7	2018	GATE, 41–0

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	6	0	7	3	16
Leopards	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–13–4	2018	GATE, 45–0

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	13	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	14	24	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. "ECAC Announces 2018 Football Teams of the Year and Lambert Awards". ECACsports.com. January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
2. "25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". STATS FCS. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
3. "Watch list named for 25th Buck Buchanan Award". STATS FCS. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
4. "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
5. "2019 Colgate Raiders Football Schedule". GoColgateRaiders.com. Retrieved July 4, 2019.