2015 Colgate Raiders football team

American college football season

2015 Colgate Raiders football

Patriot League champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 21–48 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 17
FCS Coaches	No. 13
Record	9–5 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Dan Hunt (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Chris Young (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Shaffner (3rd season)
Home stadium	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Patriot League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Colgate $^	6	–	0	9	–	5
No. 19 Fordham ^	5	–	1	9	–	3
Lehigh	4	–	2	6	–	5
Holy Cross	3	–	3	6	–	5
Georgetown	2	–	4	4	–	7
Bucknell	1	–	5	4	–	7
Lafayette	0	–	6	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-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 9–5, 6–0 in conference play to win the Patriot League championship. They received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated the New Hampshire in the first round and James Madison in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Sam Houston State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:00 pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 10–48	28,015
September 12	6:00 pm	No. 12 New Hampshire*	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		L 8–26	2,988
September 19	1:00 pm	Yale*	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	TWCSC	L 28–29	7,343
September 26	12:00 pm	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	ASN	W 31–14	9,368
October 2	7:00 pm	at Cornell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (Rivalry)		W 28–21	9,103
October 10	1:00 pm	at Princeton*	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ		L 20–44	6,457
October 17	12:00 pm	at Georgetown	Multi-Sport Field Washington, D.C.		W 17–13	3,136
October 31	1:00 pm	No. 11 Fordham	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLL	W 31–29	7,879
November 7	1:00 pm	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA		W 28–19	4,485
November 14	1:00 pm	Lehigh	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	TWCSC	W 49–42	3,828
November 21	1:00 pm	Bucknell	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLL	W 14–10	2,970
November 28	3:30 pm	at New Hampshire*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 27–20	3,303
December 5	1:00 pm	at No. 8 James Madison*	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 44–38	15,045
December 12	12:00 pm	at No. 6 Sam Houston State*	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	L 21–48	5,074
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source: Schedule

References

v t e Colgate Raiders football
Venues	Campus grounds (1890–1899) Whitnall Field (1900–1937) Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (1939–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Cornell Syracuse
Culture & lore	1923 Niagara game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

v t e 2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary
Champion – North Dakota State

v t e Patriot League football champions
Holy Cross (1986) Holy Cross (1987) Lafayette (1988) Holy Cross (1989) Holy Cross (1990) Holy Cross (1991) Lafayette (1992) Lehigh (1993) Lafayette (1994) Lehigh (1995) Bucknell (1996) Colgate (1997) Lehigh (1998) Colgate & Lehigh (1999) Lehigh (2000) Lehigh (2001) Colgate & Fordham (2002) Colgate (2003) Lafayette & Lehigh (2004) Colgate & Lafayette (2005) Lafayette & Lehigh (2006) Fordham (2007) Colgate (2008) Holy Cross (2009) Lehigh (2010) Lehigh (2011) Colgate (2012) Lafayette (2013) Fordham (2014) Colgate (2015) Lehigh (2016) Colgate & Lehigh (2017) Colgate (2018) Holy Cross (2019) Holy Cross (2020) Holy Cross (2021) Holy Cross (2022) Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023)

Patriot League football champions