1999 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1999 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate was the Patriot League co-champion, but lost in the first round of the national Division I-AA playoffs.
| 1999 Colgate Red Raiders football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 13–56 at Illinois State | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 18 |
| Record | 10–2 (5–1 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Andy Kerr Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Colgate +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In its fourth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 10–2 record. Tom McCarroll and Ryan Vena were the team captains.[1]
The Red Raiders outscored opponents 430 to 253. Colgate's 5–1 record earned a tie for the Patriot League championship.[2]
Unranked in the preseason Division I-AA national poll, the Red Raiders briefly appeared at No. 24 early in the season, then returned to the top 25 in mid-November. Colgate ended the year ranked No. 18 and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs by winning its conference, even though it was the lower-ranked of the two Patriot League co-champions; Lehigh also qualified, however, with an at-large berth. Both Patriot League playoff teams lost in the first round.
Colgate played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 4 | Maine* | W 28–21 | 6,006 | [3] | ||||
| September 11 | Bucknell | No. 24 |
| L 16–21 | 5,010 | [4] | ||
| September 18 | at Fordham | W 49–24 | 5,177 | [5] | ||||
| September 25 | at Dartmouth* | W 35–3 | 7,525 | [6] | ||||
| October 2 | at Harvard* | W 24–21 | 7,468 | [7] | ||||
| October 9 | at Lafayette | W 56–14 | 2,931 | [8] | ||||
| October 16 | Cornell* |
| W 55–16 | 8,155 | [9] | |||
| October 23 | at Saint Mary's* |
| W 43–13 | 1,526 | [10] | |||
| November 6 | No. 9 Lehigh |
| W 28–24 | 6,228 | [11] | |||
| November 13 | Towson | No. 22 |
| W 38–14 | 4,224 | [12] | ||
| November 20 | at Holy Cross | No. 19 | W 45–26 | 5,341 | [13] | |||
| November 29 | at No. 3 Illinois State* | No. 18 | L 13–56 | 7,133 | [14] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "Colgate Athletic History: Football" (PDF). Hamilton, N.Y.: Colgate University. pp. 13–14 and 26. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Kekis, John (September 5, 1999). "Colgate Races by Maine on Second Disputed TD". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. pp. 6F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colgate Comes Up Just Short on Onside Kick, and Scoreboard". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. September 12, 1999. pp. 6F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colgate Flogs Fordham". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. Associated Press. September 19, 1999. pp. 11C, 10C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vena's Quick TD Touch Helps Colgate". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. September 26, 1999. pp. 6F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (October 3, 1999). "Crimson Left Feeling Blue; Kutschke FG Gives Red Raiders the Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (October 10, 1999). "Colgate Pastes Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kekis, John (October 17, 1999). "Rejuvenated Back's 3 TDs Lead Colgate by Cornell". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. pp. 6F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vena's West Coast Touch Leads 'Gate by St. Mary's". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. October 24, 1999. pp. 6F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 7, 1999). "Colgate Grounds Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ewell, Christian (November 15, 1999). "Colgate Brushes Off Towson's Bid for Playoffs, 38-14". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 8E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Playoff-Bound Colgate Stops Holy Cross". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 21, 1999. p. 7F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reinhardt, Randy (November 28, 1999). "Redbirds Pound Colgate to Earn First Playoff Win, Advance to Quarterfinals". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Ill. p. F1 – via Newspapers.com.