# 2016 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2016 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-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 5–5, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in third place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 pm | at Syracuse* | No. 21 | Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY (rivalry) | ACCN+ | L 7–33 | 31,336 |
| September 17 | 1:30 pm | at Yale* | No. 23 | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | OWSPN | W 55–13 | 8,493 |
| September 24 | 3:30 pm | at No. 7 Richmond* | No. 23 | Robins StadiumRichmond, VA | CSN MA+ | L 31–38 | 8,700 |
| October 1 | 1:00 pm | Cornell* | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY (rivalry) | TWCSC | L 38–39 | 8,010 |
| October 8 | 12:30 pm | at Lehigh | | Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA | PLN | L 31–45 | 9,255 |
| October 15 | 1:00 pm | at Bucknell | | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | PLN | W 27–7 | 2,793 |
| October 29 | 1:00 pm | Holy Cross | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | PLN | W 26–8 | 7,226 |
| November 5 | 1:00 pm | at Fordham | | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | PLN | L 20–24 | 4,285 |
| November 12 | 1:00 pm | Lafayette | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | PLN | W 38–17 | 4,859 |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | Georgetown | | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | PLN | W 38–10 | 4,223 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Syracuse

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #21 Raiders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Orange | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 |

### At Yale

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23 Raiders | 21 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 55 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |

### At Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23 Raiders | 14 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| #7 Spiders | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |

### Cornell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Big Red | 0 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
| Raiders | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 38 |

### At Lehigh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Mountain Hawks | 7 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 45 |

### At Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Bison | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Raiders | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 26 |

### At Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Rams | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Lafayette

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

### Georgetown

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

## 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 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | — | RV | | | | | | |
| Coaches | 16 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 25 | — | — | — | | | | | | |