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1978 Colgate

3–⁠8, coached by Frederick Dunlap.

Schedule and results

Colgate in 1978, game by game: lost vs. Holy Cross 14–27; lost at Lehigh 7–38; lost vs. Cornell 12–21; lost at Harvard 21–24; won at Villanova 20–14; lost at Princeton 12–13; lost at Army 3–28; won vs. Lafayette 17–7; lost at Bucknell 0–7; lost at Delaware 29–38; won at Rutgers 14–9+10−31Lost 14–27 vs. Holy Cross-13Holy CrossLost 7–38 at Lehigh-31LehighLost 12–21 vs. Cornell-9CornellLost 21–24 at Harvard-3HarvardWon 20–14 at Villanova+6VillanovaLost 12–13 at Princeton-1PrincetonLost 3–28 at Army-25ArmyWon 17–7 vs. Lafayette+10LafayetteLost 0–7 at Bucknell-7BucknellLost 29–38 at Delaware-9DelawareWon 14–9 at Rutgers+5Rutgers
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsHoly CrossL 14–⁠2780%
Sep 23atLehighL 7–⁠3874%
Sep 30vsCornellL 12–⁠2167%
Oct 7atHarvardL 21–⁠2432%
Oct 14atVillanovaW 20–⁠1435%
Oct 21atPrincetonL 12–⁠1349%
Oct 28atArmyL 3–⁠2847%
Nov 4vsLafayetteW 17–⁠786%
Nov 11atBucknellL 0–⁠777%
Nov 18atDelawareL 29–⁠3857%
Nov 25atRutgersW 14–⁠911%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rutgers 14–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
149–⁠226
Coach
Frederick Dunlap
Elo
1362 −173 this season
SP+ rating
-9.6 No. 98 of 133; offense No. 121, defense No. 69
SRS
−12.0 No. 112 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Captains
Doug Curtis and Dick Slenker