# 2017 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2017 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-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 7–4, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Lehigh. Due to their head-to-head loss over Lehigh, they did not receive a bid to the FCS Playoffs.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 26 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Cal Poly* | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | ESPNU | W 20–14 | 8,428 |
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 Richmond* | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | STADIUM | L 17–20 | 6,994 |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at Buffalo* | UB StadiumAmherst, NY | ESPN3 | L 10–33 | 11,546 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Furman* | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | STADIUM | L 14–45 | 4,119 |
| September 30 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell* | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | ILN | W 21–7 | 3,325 |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | STADIUM | L 38–41 | 2,986 |
| October 14 | Noon | Fordham | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | STADIUM | W 38–12 | 2,622 |
| October 21 | Noon | at Holy Cross | Fitton FieldWorcester, MA | STADIUM | W 45–7 | 6,784 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | STADIUM | W 40–3 | 6,763 |
| November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | Fisher StadiumEaston, PA | STADIUM | W 27–0 | 5,612 |
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | Cooper FieldWashington, DC | STADIUM | W 35–10 | 2,211 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| No. 23 Mustangs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 9 Spiders | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |

### At Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Bulls | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 |

### Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Paladins | 21 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Cornell

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

### Lehigh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| Raiders | 7 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 38 |

### Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Raiders | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### At Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 7 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| Crusaders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Raiders | 6 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 40 |

### At Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### At Georgetown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Hoyas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

## Ranking movements

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 | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | — | 25 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |