# 2019 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2019 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-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.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Walter Payton Award | Grant Breneman | QB | JR |
| Buck Buchanan Award | Abu Daramy–Swaray | CB | SR |
| Buck Buchanan Award | Nick Wheeler | DE | SR |

### Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Raiders were picked to finish in first place, receiving 12 of 14 first-place votes.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Colgate | 72 (12) |
| 2 | Holy Cross | 58 (2) |
| 3 | Georgetown | 51 |
| 4 | Fordham | 39 |
| 5 | Lehigh | 38 |
| 6 | Lafayette | 21 |
| 7 | Bucknell | 15 |

### Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Raiders led the conference in selections, having ten players picked to the preseason All-Patriot League team. Additionally, Quarterback Grant Breneman was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman Nick Wheeler was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 24 | 12:00 p.m. | Villanova* | No. 13 | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | CBSSN | L 14–34 | 4,519 |
| August 31 | 3:30 p.m. | at Air Force* | No. 13 | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | ESPN3 | L 7–48 | 33,101 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at William & Mary* | | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | L 10–38 | 6,777 |
| September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 12 Maine* | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Stadium | L 21–35 | 5,606 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Dartmouth* | | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN+ | L 3–38 | 6,122 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Stadium | L 14–21 | 3,838 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Stadium | L 14–32 | 2,386 |
| October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell* | | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | ESPN+ | W 21–20 | 2,970 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross | | Fitton FieldWorcester, MA | Stadium | L 10–31 | 10,926 |
| November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | | Cooper FieldWashington, DC | Stadium | W 24–14 | 1,914 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Fordham | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Stadium | W 24–13 | 1,406 |
| November 16 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | | Fisher StadiumEaston, PA | Stadium | W 16–0 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| No. 13 Raiders | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | NOVA | COLG |
| 2 | 14:20 | 6 | 62 | 1:51 | NOVA | Jalen Jackson 18-yard touchdown reception from Daniel Smith, Drew Kresge kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | 13:16 | | | | NOVA | Interception returned 27 yards for touchdown by Jaquan Amos, Drew Kresge kick good | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | 2:07 | 8 | 91 | 4:26 | NOVA | Changa Hodge 45-yard touchdown reception from Daniel Smith, Drew Kresge kick missed | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | 0:12 | 6 | 61 | 0:43 | NOVA | Andrew Perez 15-yard touchdown reception from Daniel Smith, Drew Kresge kick good | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | 6:27 | 12 | 68 | 5:41 | COLG | Nick Draught 10-yard touchdown reception from Grant Breneman, Chris Puzzi kick good | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | 13:26 | 8 | 77 | 3:05 | COLG | Grant Breneman 1-yard touchdown run, Chris Puzzi kick good | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | 8:41 | 10 | 78 | 4:40 | NOVA | Daniel Smith 9-yard touchdown run, Drew Kresge kick good | 34 | 14 |
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### At Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Raiders | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Falcons | 7 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 48 |

### At William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Tribe | 17 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 12 Black Bears | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At Dartmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Big Green | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |

### Lehigh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Raiders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| Raiders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Cornell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Big Red | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |

### At Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Crusaders | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |

### At Georgetown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Hoyas | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Raiders | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |

### At Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 13 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | |
| Coaches | 14 | 24 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | |