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1949 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1949 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Paul Bixler, the team compiled a 1–8 record and was outscored by a total of 291 to 186. Warren Davis was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

1949 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
CaptainWarren Davis
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Buffalo
W 32–0 15,000 [3]
October 1at Cornell
L 27–29 20,000 [4]
October 8Boston University
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
L 21–40 7,800 [5]
October 15at Dartmouth
L 13–27 8,000 [6]
October 22Rutgers
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
L 13–35 7,000 [7]
November 5at Holy Cross
L 27–35 6,000 [8]
November 12at Northwestern
L 20–39 40,000 [9]
November 19at Syracuse
L 7–35 36,232 [10]
November 24at Brown
L 26–41 18,000 [11]

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1949 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Colgate Rips Buffalo, 32-0, on Wet Field". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. September 25, 1949. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Slattery, Jack (October 2, 1949). "Cornell's Smooth-Functioning Ground Attack Topples Colgate's Raiders in Thriller, 39-27". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 9, 1949). "B.U. Smashes Colgate 40-21; Agganis Completes 8 Passes". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Indians Whack Raiders, 27-13". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 16, 1949. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Burns, Joe (October 23, 1949). "Scarlet Rips Colgate in 35-13 Upset". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Keane, Clif (November 6, 1949). "Gallo Brilliant as H.C. Edges Colgate, 35-27, for 1st Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Vaughan, Irving (November 13, 1949). "Late Colgate Rally Fails; Wildcats Win". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Cushing, Elliot (November 20, 1949). "Orange Overpowers Raiders with Ground Drive, 35-7, Before Crowd of 36,232". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 25, 1949). "Brown Surge in Last Six Minutes Overcomes Colgate Eleven, 41-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 34.
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