2015 Colgate Raiders football team

2015 Colgate Raiders football
Patriot League champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 21–48 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Patriot League
Ranking
STATS	No. 17
FCS Coaches	No. 13
Record	9–5 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Dan Hunt (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Chris Young (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Shaffner (3rd season)
Home stadium	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium

2015 Patriot League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Colgate $^		6	–	0					9	–	5
No. 19 Fordham ^		5	–	1					9	–	3
Lehigh		4	–	2					6	–	5
Holy Cross		3	–	3					6	–	5
Georgetown		2	–	4					4	–	7
Bucknell		1	–	5					4	–	7
Lafayette		0	–	6					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Colgate University is a member of the Patriot League, an athletic conference of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (capacity: 10,221).

The Raiders were led by second-year head coach Dan Hunt and team captains Cameron Buttermore (a three-year starter at Inside Linebacker), John Weber (a two-year starter at Offensive Tackle) and Victor Steffen (suffered season-ending injury in second game of season) (Defensive Lineman), and finished the season with an overall 9–5 record (and an undefeated 6-0 in Patriot League play), winning the Patriot League championship game at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (capacity: 10,221) against Lehigh University football team, earning the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and beginning a deep run into the FCS Playoffs, defeating New Hampshire and James Madison before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinal round (Final 8) of the FCS Playoffs.

2015 Colgate Football Schedule Sept. 5 at Navy Noon Sept. 12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 p.m. Sept. 19 YALE (Homecoming) 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at Holy Cross * TBA Oct. 2 at Cornell 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Princeton TBA Oct. 17 at Georgetown * TBA Oct. 31 FORDHAM * (Family Weekend) 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Lafayette * TBA Nov. 14 LEHIGH * 1 p.m. Nov. 21 BUCKNELL * 1 p.m.

Pre-Season poll: 2015 Patriot League Football 1. Fordham 66 points (10 first-place votes) 2. Bucknell 63 points (4 first-place votes) 3. COLGATE 48 points 4. Lafayette 44 points 5. Lehigh 31 points 6. Holy Cross 29 points 7. Georgetown 13 points

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:00 pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 10–48	28,015
September 12	6:00 pm	No. 12 New Hampshire*	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		L 8–26	2,988
September 19	1:00 pm	Yale*	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	TWCSC	L 28–29	7,343
September 26	12:00 pm	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	ASN	W 31–14	9,368
October 2	7:00 pm	at Cornell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)		W 28–21	9,103
October 10	1:00 pm	at Princeton*	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ		L 20–44	6,457
October 17	12:00 pm	at Georgetown	Multi-Sport Field Washington, D.C.		W 17–13	3,136
October 31	1:00 pm	No. 11 Fordham	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLL	W 31–29	7,879
November 7	1:00 pm	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA		W 28–19	4,485
November 14	1:00 pm	Lehigh	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	TWCSC	W 49–42	3,828
November 21	1:00 pm	Bucknell	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLL	W 14–10	2,970
November 28	3:30 pm	at New Hampshire*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 27–20	3,303
December 5	1:00 pm	at No. 8 James Madison*	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 44–38	15,045
December 12	12:00 pm	at No. 6 Sam Houston State*	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN3	L 21–48	5,074
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time