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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 26 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Cal Poly* | | ESPNU | W 20–14 | 8,428 |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 Richmond* | | STADIUM | L 17–20 | 6,994 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at Buffalo* | | ESPN3 | L 10–33 | 11,546 |
September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Furman* | - Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
- Hamilton, NY
| STADIUM | L 14–45 | 4,119 |
September 30 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell* | | ILN | W 21–7 | 3,325 |
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh | - Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
- Hamilton, NY
| STADIUM | L 38–41 | 2,986 |
October 14 | Noon | Fordham | - Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
- Hamilton, NY
| STADIUM | W 38–12 | 2,622 |
October 21 | Noon | at Holy Cross | | STADIUM | W 45–7 | 6,784 |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell | - Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
- Hamilton, NY
| STADIUM | W 40–3 | 6,763 |
November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | | STADIUM | W 27–0 | 5,612 |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | | STADIUM | W 35–10 | 2,211 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Cal Poly
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Total |
Raiders
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10
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7
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3
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0 |
20 |
No. 23 Mustangs
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0
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0
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0
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14 |
14 |
Richmond
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Total |
No. 9 Spiders
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0
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7
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0
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13 |
20 |
Raiders
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0
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7
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7
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3 |
17 |
At Buffalo
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Total |
Raiders
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3
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0
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7
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0 |
10 |
Bulls
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20
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10
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0
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3 |
33 |
Furman
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|
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|
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Total |
Paladins
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21
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17
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7
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0 |
45 |
Raiders
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0
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7
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7
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0 |
14 |
At Cornell
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|
|
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Total |
Raiders
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0
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14
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0
|
7 |
21 |
Big Red
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0
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0
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7
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0 |
7 |
Lehigh
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Total |
Mountain Hawks
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14
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7
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7
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13 |
41 |
Raiders
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7
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21
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0
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10 |
38 |
Fordham
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Total |
Rams
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0
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0
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6
|
6 |
12 |
Raiders
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14
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3
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7
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14 |
38 |
At Holy Cross
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Total |
Raiders
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7
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10
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21
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7 |
45 |
Crusaders
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7
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0
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0
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0 |
7 |
Bucknell
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Total |
Bison
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3
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0
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0
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0 |
3 |
Raiders
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6
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27
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0
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7 |
40 |
At Lafayette
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Total |
Raiders
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0
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14
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13
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0 |
27 |
Leopards
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0
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0
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0
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0 |
0 |
At Georgetown
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Total |
Raiders
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7
|
14
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14
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0 |
35 |
Hoyas
|
10
|
0
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0
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0 |
10 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | — | 25 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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National championship seasons in bold |