Colgate Raiders
PatriotHamilton, NYAndy Kerr Stadium
2026: 4–3 (3–1 Patriot). Last: lost to Georgetown 27–17 at home. Next: at Richmond, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- W 24–14at Fordham
- W 35–10Holy Cross
- L 10–13at Central Michigan
- W 20–7Cornell
- W 28–21at Villanova
- L 17–20at Harvard
- L 17–27Georgetown
- Oct 24at Richmond
- Oct 31William & Mary
- Nov 7at Lehigh
- Nov 14Lafayette
- Nov 21at Bucknell
Colgate has played football since 1890 and is officially 681–534–50; 979 of its 1,265 games are in our file. They have won 10 Patriot League titles (the last in 2018), counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 7 players and 3 coaches from Colgate. Andrew Kerr (1929–1946) won more games here than any other coach: 93. The most-played rival is Cornell: 90 meetings, Cornell leads 48–39–3. This season, they’re 4–3.
On this date in 2024Colgate beat Georgetown 38–28 at home.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 681–534–50 official; 514–423–42 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 2 ranked
- Elo now
- 1304
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 43 · Composite No. 16 in FCS, Oct 17; down 19 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 10 last in 2018
- Seasons
- 125 since 1895, 979 games
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | at Fordham | W 24–14 | 57% |
| Sep 5 | vs Holy Cross | W 35–10 | 56% |
| Sep 12 | at Central Michigan | L 10–13 | 26% |
| Sep 19 | vs Cornell | W 20–7 | 62% |
| Sep 26 | at Villanova | W 28–21 | 28% |
| Oct 3 | at Harvard | L 17–20 | 29% |
| Oct 17 | vs Georgetown | L 17–27 | 76% |
| Oct 24 | at Richmond | Preview | 33% |
| Oct 31 | vs William & Mary | Preview | 65% |
| Nov 7 | at Lehigh | Preview | 20% |
| Nov 14 | vs Lafayette | Preview | 60% |
| Nov 21 | at Bucknell | Preview | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Jake Stearney1,077 passing yards, 9 TD (leads Colgate in passing yards)
- Matt Fogler42 catches, 663 yards, 6 TD (leads Colgate in receiving yards)
- Christian Magliacano56 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 INT (leads Colgate in interceptions)
- Trooper Price67 tackles, 3 sacks (leads Colgate in tackles)
- Daniel Shaban529 rushing yards, 4 TD (leads Colgate in rushing yards)
- Tymir Wynn33 tackles, 2 INT
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Colgate.
Belford WestHall of Fame, 1954- Ellery Huntington Jr.Hall of Fame, 1972
John OrsiHall of Fame, 1982
Earl AbellHall of Fame, 1973
Ed TryonHall of Fame, 1963- Dan FortmannHall of Fame, 1978
- Kenny GambleHall of Fame, 2002
Steamer HorningConsensus All-American, 1916- Leonard MacalusoConsensus All-American, 1930
- Oscar AndersonConsensus All-American, 1916
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1895
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Dunlap | 1976–1981 | 38–22–2 |
| Neil Wheelwright | 1968–1975 | 41–37–2 |
 Hal Lahar | 1952–1967 | 53–40–8 |
| Alva Kelley | 1959–1961 | 9–18 |
| Fred Rice | 1957–1958 | 4–14 |
 Paul Bixler | 1947–1951 | 14–27–2 |
 Andrew Kerr | 1929–1946 | 93–50–7 |
 Earl Abell | 1928 | 6–3 |
| George Hauser | 1926–1927 | 9–4–5 |
 Dick Harlow | 1922–1925 | 24–9–3 |
| Ellery Huntington Jr. | 1919–1921 | 10–10–5 |
| Harold McDevitt | 1917 | 4–2 |
| Laurence Bankart | 1910–1916 | 28–7–3 |
| Dutch Sommer | 1912 | 5–2 |
| Jack Ingersoll | 1911 | 3–6 |
| R.M. Brown | 1909 | 5–2–1 |
 Edwin Sweetland | 1908 | 4–3 |
 William Warner | 1906–1907 | 8–6–3 |
| Frank “Buck” O’Neill | 1902–1905 | 6–8 |
| Bob Hatch | 1903 | 0–2–1 |
| Charles B. Mason | 1897–1901 | 1–5 |
| Joseph A. Short | 1900 | 0–1 |
| Joseph Stannard | 1899 | 0–1 |
| Joseph Colnon | 1896 | 0–2 |
| L. Jay Caldwell | 1895 | 0–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Cornell
39–48–3 in 90
- 2016 L 38–39
- 2017 W 21–7
- 2018 W 31–0
- 2019 W 21–20
- 2021 L 20–34
- 2022 L 31–34
- 2023 W 35–25
- 2024 W 41–24
- 2025 W 41–21
- 2026 W 20–7
Won the last four.
- Holy Cross
32–30–5 in 67
- 2016 W 26–8
- 2017 W 45–7
- 2018 W 24–17
- 2019 L 10–31
- 2021 L 10–42
- 2022 L 10–35
- 2023 L 7–47
- 2024 L 7–38
- 2025 W 29–28
- 2026 W 35–10
Won the last two.
- Syracuse
25–32–4 in 61
- 1959 L 0–71
- 1960 L 6–46
- 1961 L 8–51
- 1981 L 24–47
- 1982 L 15–49
- 1987 L 6–52
- 2010 L 7–42
- 2016 L 7–33
- 2023 L 0–65
- 2025 L 24–66
Lost the last 10.
| Opponent | Games | COLG record |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell | 90 | 39–48–3 |
| Holy Cross | 67 | 32–30–5 |
| Syracuse | 61 | 25–32–4 |
| Bucknell | 55 | 42–13 |
| Brown | 52 | 25–20–7 |
| Lafayette | 49 | 35–11–3 |
| Princeton | 43 | 21–21–1 |
| Rutgers | 42 | 15–27 |
Rivals the program names: Cornell, Syracuse.
Every opponent (107)
Every program Colgate has played, A to Z, with Colgate’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–2
- Akron 1–1
- Alfred 2–0
- Allegheny 2–0–1
- Amherst 1–1
- Army 5–24–2
- Ball State 0–1
- Bethany (WV) 1–0
- Boston College 0–1
- Boston University 8–6–1
- Brown 25–20–7
- Bucknell 42–13
- Buffalo 7–5
- Cal Poly 1–0
- Canisius 1–0
- Carnegie Mellon 1–0
- Case 1–0
- Central Connecticut 0–1
- Central Michigan 0–1
- Clarkson 6–0
- Coastal Carolina 1–0
- Columbia 15–4–1
- Cornell 39–48–3
- Cortland State 1–0
- Dartmouth 12–6–1
- Davidson 1–0
- Delaware 0–4
- Duke 0–9
- Fordham 17–6
- Furman 0–3
- Georgetown 19–3
- Hamilton 7–0
- Hampden Sydney 1–0
- Harvard 2–4
- Hobart 9–0
- Holy Cross 32–30–5
- Illinois 1–1
- Indiana 1–0
- Iowa 1–1
- James Madison 2–0
- Lafayette 35–11–3
- Lehigh 21–19–2
- Maine 2–2
- Manhattan 1–0
- Massachusetts 3–3
- Merchant Marine 3–0
- Merrimack 1–1
- Michigan State 4–1
- Middlebury 1–0
- Mississippi College 5–0
- Monmouth 3–2
- Navy 0–7
- Nebraska 0–1
- New Hampshire 2–3
- New York University 3–5–2
- Niagara 4–1
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Northeastern 1–0
- Northwestern 0–1
- Ohio Northern 1–0
- Ohio State 0–1–1
- Ohio Wesleyan 2–0
- Penn State 4–9–1
- Pennsylvania 0–3
- Pittsburgh 0–1
- Princeton 21–21–1
- Providence 4–0
- Rensselaer 2–0
- Rhode Island 1–0
- Richmond 1–3
- Rochester (NY) 17–3
- Rutgers 15–27
- Sacred Heart 1–0
- Sam Houston 0–1
- South Dakota 0–1
- Springfield 2–0
- St. Bonaventure 6–0–1
- St. Lawrence 15–0
- Stanford 0–1
- Stony Brook 1–4
- Susquehanna 5–0–1
- Syracuse 25–32–4
- Temple 1–1
- The Citadel 2–0
- Towson 2–1
- Trinity (CT) 2–2–1
- Tulane 1–4
- UAlbany 2–3
- UConn 1–2
- Union (NY) 1–0–1
- Ursinus 1–0
- Vanderbilt 0–1
- Vermont 1–0
- Villanova 2–5
- Virginia 0–1
- Virginia Tech 1–1
- VMI 0–1
- Wabash 1–1
- Wagner 0–1
- Wesleyan (CT) 2–0
- West Virginia 0–1
- Western Reserve 2–0
- William & Mary 3–3
- Williams 2–8
- Wisconsin 0–1
- Wyoming 0–1
- Yale 10–25–3
Conference titles
10, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1890–1917 and 1919–1985
- Colonial Conference 1986–1989
- Patriot Conference since 1990
Colgate’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Consensus All-Americans 6
| 1930 | Leonard Macaluso FB |
| 1919 | Belford West OT |
| 1916 | Belford West OT |
| 1916 | Oscar Anderson QB |
| 1916 | Steamer Horning OT |
| 1913 | Ellery Huntington Jr. QB |
Led the nation 4
| 1977 | Henry White yards per carry (7.9) |
| 1959 | Jacque MacKinnon punt return average (17.5) |
| 1941 | Bill Geyer punt return yards (616 yds) |
| 1940 | Bill Geyer kickoff return average (27.0) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 7
- Coaches
- 3
| 2002 | Kenny Gamble RB |
| 1982 | John Orsi E |
| 1978 | Dan Fortmann OG |
| 1973 | Earl Abell OT |
| 1972 | Ellery Huntington Jr. QB |
| 1963 | Ed Tryon RB |
| 1954 | Belford West OT |
| 1954 | Dick Harlow coach here, 1922–1925 |
| 1951 | Andrew Kerr coach here, 1929–1946 |
| 1951 | Frank “Buck” O’Neill coach here, 1902–1905 |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 6 since 1936
- First-round picks
- 1
| 1944 | Mike Micka B | No. 8, Washington Redskins |
The school
Colgate University- Enrollment
- 3,211 3,193 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Hamilton, New York
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1819
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $85,139 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
On the newsreel
- COLGATE SHUTS OUT PRINCETON
- ARMY TROUNCES COLGATE
- NEW STARS RISE IN GRID SKY
- ALL-AMERICAN TEAM FOR 1932 HAS STARS FROM EVERY SECTION
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1304 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 1238 | ||||
| 2024 | 2–10 | 1–5 | 1154 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–5 | 4–2 | 1275 | ||||
| 2022 | 3–8 | 2–4 | 1184 | ||||
| 2021 | 5–6 | 5–1 | 1243 | ||||
| 2020 | 0–2 | 1216 | |||||
| 2019 | 4–8 | 3–3 | 1268 | ||||
| 2018 | 10–2 | 6–0 | 1481 | ||||
| 2017 | 7–4 | 5–1 | 1397 | ||||
| 2016 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 1387 | ||||
| 2015 | 9–5 | 6–0 | 1393 | ||||
| 2014 | 5–7 | 3–3 | 1275 | ||||
| 2013 | 4–8 | 3–3 | 1237 | ||||
| 2012 | 8–4 | 6–0 | 1409 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 1285 | ||||
| 2010 | 7–4 | 4–2 | 1399 | ||||
| 2009 | 9–2 | 4–2 | 1432 | ||||
| 2008 | 9–3 | 5–0 | 1413 | ||||
| 2007 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 1356 | ||||
| 2006 | 4–7 | 3–3 | 1278 | ||||
| 2005 | 8–4 | 5–1 | 1410 | ||||
| 2004 | 7–4 | 4–2 | 1412 | ||||
| 2003 | 12–0 | 7–0 | 1501 | ||||
| 2000 | 0–1 | 1245 |
Every season back to 1895 (100 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0–1 | 1256 | |||||
| 1997 | 0–2 | 1245 | |||||
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1242 | |||||
| 1993 | 0–3 | 1232 | |||||
| 1992 | 0–1 | 1260 | |||||
| 1991 | 0–2 | 1263 | |||||
| 1990 | 0–1 | 1277 | |||||
| 1989 | 0–1 | 1281 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–1 | 1290 | |||||
| 1987 | 1–2 | 1302 | |||||
| 1985 | 0–2 | 1308 | |||||
| 1984 | 0–2 | 1339 | |||||
| 1983 | 2–2 | 1412 | |||||
| 1982 | 1–2 | 1477 | |||||
| 1981 | 7–3 | Frederick Dunlap | 1526 | 0.3 | |||
| 1980 | 5–4–1 | Frederick Dunlap | 1461 | -0.4 | |||
| 1979 | 5–4–1 | Frederick Dunlap | 1408 | -7.0 | |||
| 1978 | 3–8 | Frederick Dunlap | 1362 | -9.6 | |||
| 1977 | 10–1 | Frederick Dunlap | 1553 | 13.8 | |||
| 1976 | 8–2 | Frederick Dunlap | 1457 | -12.4 | |||
| 1975 | 6–4 | Neil Wheelwright | 1363 | -7.1 | |||
| 1974 | 4–6 | Neil Wheelwright | 1350 | -14.5 | |||
| 1973 | 5–5 | Neil Wheelwright | 1402 | -1.4 | |||
| 1972 | 5–4–1 | Neil Wheelwright | 1375 | -9.5 | |||
| 1971 | 6–4 | Neil Wheelwright | 1403 | -10.0 | |||
| 1970 | 5–6 | Neil Wheelwright | 1366 | -27.6 | |||
| 1969 | 5–3–1 | Neil Wheelwright | 1418 | ||||
| 1968 | 5–5 | Neil Wheelwright | 1404 | ||||
| 1967 | 2–8 | Hal Lahar | 1385 | ||||
| 1966 | 8–1–1 | Hal Lahar | 1604 | ||||
| 1965 | 6–3–1 | Hal Lahar | 1486 | ||||
| 1964 | 7–2 | Hal Lahar | 1484 | ||||
| 1963 | 3–4–1 | Hal Lahar | 1338 | ||||
| 1962 | 3–5–1 | Hal Lahar | 1366 | ||||
| 1961 | 5–4 | Alva Kelley | 1436 | ||||
| 1960 | 2–7 | Alva Kelley | 1313 | ||||
| 1959 | 2–7 | Alva Kelley | 1365 | ||||
| 1958 | 1–8 | Fred Rice | 1315 | ||||
| 1957 | 3–6 | Fred Rice | 1382 | ||||
| 1956 | 4–5 | Hal Lahar | 1502 | ||||
| 1955 | 6–3 | Hal Lahar | 1582 | ||||
| 1954 | 5–2–2 | Hal Lahar | 1524 | ||||
| 1953 | 3–4–2 | Hal Lahar | 1491 | ||||
| 1952 | 6–3 | Hal Lahar | 1510 | ||||
| 1951 | 4–5 | Paul Bixler | 1427 | ||||
| 1950 | 5–3 | Paul Bixler | 1415 | ||||
| 1949 | 1–8 | Paul Bixler | 1283 | ||||
| 1948 | 3–6 | Paul Bixler | 1370 | ||||
| 1947 | 1–5–2 | Paul Bixler | 1373 | ||||
| 1946 | 4–4 | Andrew Kerr | 1446 | ||||
| 1945 | 3–4–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1390 | ||||
| 1944 | 2–5 | Andrew Kerr | 1420 | ||||
| 1943 | 5–3–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1536 | ||||
| 1942 | 6–2–1 | 9 | Andrew Kerr | 1595 | |||
| 1941 | 3–3–2 | Andrew Kerr | 1521 | ||||
| 1940 | 5–3 | Andrew Kerr | 1511 | ||||
| 1939 | 2–5–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1457 | ||||
| 1938 | 2–5 | Andrew Kerr | 1480 | ||||
| 1937 | 3–5 | Andrew Kerr | 1511 | ||||
| 1936 | 6–3 | Andrew Kerr | 1616 | ||||
| 1935 | 5–3 | Andrew Kerr | 1664 | ||||
| 1934 | 7–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1707 | ||||
| 1933 | 6–1–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1680 | ||||
| 1932 | 9–0 | Andrew Kerr | 1730 | ||||
| 1931 | 8–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1685 | ||||
| 1930 | 9–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1707 | ||||
| 1929 | 8–1 | Andrew Kerr | 1650 | ||||
| 1928 | 6–3 | Earl Abell | 1550 | ||||
| 1927 | 4–2–3 | George Hauser | 1511 | ||||
| 1926 | 5–2–2 | George Hauser | 1575 | ||||
| 1925 | 7–0–2 | Dick Harlow | 1598 | ||||
| 1924 | 5–4 | Dick Harlow | 1480 | ||||
| 1923 | 6–2–1 | Dick Harlow | 1544 | ||||
| 1922 | 6–3 | Dick Harlow | 1496 | ||||
| 1921 | 4–4–2 | Ellery Huntington Jr. | 1425 | ||||
| 1920 | 1–5–2 | Ellery Huntington Jr. | 1430 | ||||
| 1919 | 5–1–1 | Ellery Huntington Jr. | 1623 | ||||
| 1917 | 4–2 | Harold McDevitt | 1612 | ||||
| 1916 | 8–1 | Laurence Bankart | 1662 | ||||
| 1915 | 5–1 | Laurence Bankart | 1578 | ||||
| 1914 | 5–2–1 | Laurence Bankart | 1538 | ||||
| 1913 | 6–1–1 | Laurence Bankart | 1574 | ||||
| 1912 | 5–2 | Dutch Sommer | 1475 | ||||
| 1911 | 3–6 | Jack Ingersoll | 1409 | ||||
| 1910 | 4–2–1 | Laurence Bankart | 1473 | ||||
| 1909 | 5–2–1 | R.M. Brown | 1507 | ||||
| 1908 | 4–3 | Edwin Sweetland | 1496 | ||||
| 1907 | 4–4–1 | William Warner | 1455 | ||||
| 1906 | 4–2–2 | William Warner | 1496 | ||||
| 1905 | 5–4 | Frank “Buck” O’Neill | 1482 | ||||
| 1904few games on file | 1–1 | Frank “Buck” O’Neill | 1447 | ||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–2–1 | Bob Hatch | 1415 | ||||
| 1902few games on file | 0–3 | Frank “Buck” O’Neill | 1400 | ||||
| 1901few games on file | 0–2 | Charles B. Mason | 1419 | ||||
| 1900few games on file | 0–1 | Joseph A. Short | 1443 | ||||
| 1899few games on file | 0–1 | Joseph Stannard | 1436 | ||||
| 1898few games on file | 0–2 | Charles B. Mason | 1432 | ||||
| 1897few games on file | 1–1 | Charles B. Mason | 1461 | ||||
| 1896few games on file | 0–2 | Joseph Colnon | 1431 | ||||
| 1895few games on file | 0–1 | L. Jay Caldwell | 1455 |
Officially 681–534–50 since 1890 (per Wikipedia, through the 2025 season); game by game here, 514–423–42 (979 of its 1,265 games are on file). Our file starts in 1895; the program began in 1890. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1918, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001–02: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.