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1953 Colgate

3–⁠4–⁠2, coached by Hal Lahar.

Schedule and results

Colgate in 1953, game by game: lost at Cornell 7–27; lost vs. No. 20 Holy Cross 6–19; lost at Harvard 26–28; won at Dartmouth 24–14; tied at Yale 7–7; won at Rutgers 33–13; won vs. Bucknell 19–12; lost at Syracuse 18–34; tied at Brown 7–7+20−20Lost 7–27 at Cornell-20CornellLost 6–19 vs. No. 20 Holy Cross-13No. 20 Holy CrossLost 26–28 at Harvard-2HarvardWon 24–14 at Dartmouth+10DartmouthTied 7–7 at Yale0YaleWon 33–13 at Rutgers+20RutgersWon 19–12 vs. Bucknell+7BucknellLost 18–34 at Syracuse-16SyracuseTied 7–7 at Brown0Brown
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atCornellL 7–⁠2747%
Oct 3vs20Holy CrossL 6–⁠1942%
Oct 10atHarvardL 26–⁠2844%
Oct 17atDartmouthW 24–⁠1450%
Oct 24atYaleT 7–⁠731%
Oct 31atRutgersW 33–⁠1351%
Nov 7vsBucknellW 19–⁠1289%
Nov 14atSyracuseL 18–⁠3429%
Nov 21atBrownT 7–⁠760%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Brown 7–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
147–⁠161
Coach
Hal Lahar
Elo
1491 −15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.0 No. 88 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Gary Chandler