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American college football season
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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 7:00 pm | at Syracuse* | No. 21 | | ACCN+ | L 7–33 | 31,336 |
September 17 | 1:30 pm | at Yale* | No. 23 | | OWSPN | W 55–13 | 8,493 |
September 24 | 3:30 pm | at No. 7 Richmond* | No. 23 | | CSN MA+ | L 31–38 | 8,700 |
October 1 | 1:00 pm | Cornell*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | | TWCSC | L 38–39 | 8,010 |
October 8 | 12:30 pm | at Lehigh | | | PLN | L 31–45 | 9,255 |
October 15 | 1:00 pm | at Bucknell | | | PLN | W 27–7 | 2,793 |
October 29 | 1:00 pm | Holy Cross | | - Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
- Hamilton, NY
| PLN | W 26–8 | 7,226 |
November 5 | 1:00 pm | at Fordham | | | PLN | L 20–24 | 4,285 |
November 12 | 1:00 pm | Lafayette | | - Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
- Hamilton, NY
| PLN | W 38–17 | 4,859 |
November 19 | 1:00 pm | Georgetown | | - Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
- Hamilton, NY
| PLN | W 38–10 | 4,223 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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1
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2
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3
|
4 |
Total |
#21 Raiders
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7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Orange
|
7
|
13
|
6
|
7 |
33 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#23 Raiders
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21
|
14
|
10
|
10 |
55 |
Bulldogs
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7
|
6
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0
|
0 |
13 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#23 Raiders
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14
|
3
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0
|
14 |
31 |
#7 Spiders
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10
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Big Red
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0
|
12
|
21
|
6 |
39 |
Raiders
|
21
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
38 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Raiders
|
14
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
Mountain Hawks
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7
|
7
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24
|
7 |
45 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Raiders
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3
|
10
|
0
|
14 |
27 |
Bison
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0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Crusaders
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0
|
0
|
0
|
8 |
8 |
Raiders
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
16 |
26 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Raiders
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
0 |
20 |
Rams
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3
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Leopards
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0
|
7
|
10
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0 |
17 |
Raiders
|
10
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
38 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hoyas
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0
|
3
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0
|
7 |
10 |
Raiders
|
7
|
14
|
10
|
7 |
38 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | — | RV | | | | | | |
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Coaches | 16 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 25 | — | — | — | | | | | | |
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