2012 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2012 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Dick Biddle and played their home games at Andy Kerr Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 8–4, 6–0 in Patriot League play to be crowned Patriot League champions. They earned the League's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Wagner.

2012 Colgate Raiders football
Patriot League champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 21–30 vs. Wagner
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 24
FCS Coaches	No. 25
Record	8–4 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Dick Biddle (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Hunt (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Pat Foley (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ryan Knowles (4th season)
Home stadium	Andy Kerr Stadium

2012 Patriot League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 24 Colgate $^		6	–	0					8	–	4
No. 13 Lehigh		5	–	1					10	–	1
Georgetown		2	–	4					5	–	6
Lafayette		2	–	4					5	–	6
Holy Cross		2	–	4					2	–	9
Bucknell		1	–	5					3	–	8
Fordham		0	–	0					6	–	5
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Fordham was ineligible for conference title because they offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not. Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	at Albany*		University Field Albany, NY		L 23–40	6,194
September 8	3:00 pm	at South Dakota*		DakotaDome Vermillion, SD		L 21–31	8,936
September 15	1:00 pm	Sacred Heart*		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		W 35–14	5,438
September 22	6:00 pm	at No. 20 Stony Brook*		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY		L 31–32	10,278
September 29	12:00 pm	at Yale*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 47–24	5,860
October 13	1:00 pm	Holy Cross		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		W 51–35	5,600
October 20	1:00 pm	Georgetown		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		W 57–36	1,832
October 27	1:00 pm	at Bucknell		Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA		W 47–33	4,132
November 3	1:00 pm	Lafayette		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		W 65–41	1,945
November 10	12:30 pm	at No. 8 Lehigh		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	CBSSN	W 35–24	8,036
November 17	1:00 pm	at Fordham		Coffey Field The Bronx, NY		W 41–39	4,056
November 24	12:00 pm	at Wagner*	No. 24	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–31	3,032
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time