2015 Colgate Raiders football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 football 2015 Colgate Raiders Colgate.png 200 Patriot League Patriot 17 13 9–5 6–0 Dan Hunt 2nd Chris Young 2nd Paul Shaffner 3rd Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Patriot League champion FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal L 21–48 vs. Sam Houston State The 2015 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Colgate University is a member of the Patriot League, an athletic conference of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (capacity: 10,221). The Raiders were led by second-year head coach Dan Hunt and team captains Cameron Buttermore (a three-year starter at Inside Linebacker), John Weber (a two-year starter at Offensive Tackle) and Victor Steffen (suffered season-ending injury in second game of season) (Defensive Lineman), and finished the season with an overall 9–5 record (and an undefeated 6-0 in Patriot League play), winning the Patriot League championship game at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (capacity: 10,221) against Lehigh University football team, earning the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and beginning a deep run into the FCS Playoffs, defeating New Hampshire and James Madison before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinal round (Final 8) of the FCS Playoffs. 2015 Colgate Football Schedule Sept. 5 at Navy Noon Sept. 12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 p.m. Sept. 19 YALE (Homecoming) 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at Holy Cross * TBA Oct. 2 at Cornell 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Princeton TBA Oct. 17 at Georgetown * TBA Oct. 31 FORDHAM * (Family Weekend) 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Lafayette * TBA Nov. 14 LEHIGH * 1 p.m. Nov. 21 BUCKNELL * 1 p.m. Pre-Season poll: 2015 Patriot League Football 1. Fordham 66 points (10 first-place votes) 2. Bucknell 63 points (4 first-place votes) 3. COLGATE 48 points 4. Lafayette 44 points 5. Lehigh 31 points 6. Holy Cross 29 points 7. Georgetown 13 points Schedule 2015 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Eastern September 5 12:00 pm l y y Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD CBSSN 10–48 28,015 September 12 6:00 pm l y New Hampshire 12 Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY 8–26 2,988 September 19 1:00 pm l y y Yale Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY TWCSC 28–29 7,343 September 26 12:00 pm w y Holy Cross Fitton Field Worcester, MA ASN 31–14 9,368 October 2 7:00 pm w y y Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY rivalry 28–21 9,103 October 10 1:00 pm l y y Princeton Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ 20–44 6,457 October 17 12:00 pm w y Georgetown Multi-Sport Field Washington, D.C. 17–13 3,136 October 31 1:00 pm w Fordham 11 Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY https://campusinsiders.com/network/patriot_league/live PLL 31–29 7,879 November 7 1:00 pm w y Lafayette Fisher Stadium Easton, PA 28–19 4,485 November 14 1:00 pm w Lehigh Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY TWCSC 49–42 3,828 November 21 1:00 pm w Bucknell Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY PLL 14–10 2,970 November 28 3:30 pm w y y New Hampshire Cowell Stadium Durham, NH NCAA Division I First Round ESPN3 27–20 3,303 December 5 1:00 pm w y y James Madison 8 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA NCAA Division I Second Round ESPN3 44–38 15,045 December 12 12:00 pm l y y Sam Houston State 6 Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX NCAA Division I Quarterfinal ESPN3 21–48 5,074 References Colgate Category:Colgate Raiders football seasons Category:Patriot League football champion seasons Colgate Colgate Raiders football