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2003 Colgate

12–⁠0 (7–⁠0 Patriot League). The season’s Wikipedia article records 15–⁠1, over 16 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Colgate in 2003, game by game: won at Georgetown 20–19; won at Buffalo 38–15; won at Dartmouth 31–9; won vs. Towson 26–7; won at Cornell 27–24; won at Princeton 30–3; won vs. Yale 52–40; won vs. Bucknell 50–6; won at Lafayette 47–31; won vs. Lehigh 17–10; won vs. Fordham 14–3; won at Holy Cross 45–38+44Won 20–19 at Georgetown+1GeorgetownWon 38–15 at Buffalo+23BuffaloWon 31–9 at Dartmouth+22DartmouthWon 26–7 vs. Towson+19TowsonWon 27–24 at Cornell+3CornellWon 30–3 at Princeton+27PrincetonWon 52–40 vs. Yale+12YaleWon 50–6 vs. Bucknell+44BucknellWon 47–31 at Lafayette+16LafayetteWon 17–10 vs. Lehigh+7LehighWon 14–3 vs. Fordham+11FordhamWon 45–38 at Holy Cross+7Holy Cross
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atGeorgetownW 20–⁠1921%
Sep 13atBuffaloW 38–⁠1542%
Sep 20atDartmouthW 31–⁠940%
Sep 27vsTowsonW 26–⁠767%
Oct 4atCornellW 27–⁠2451%
Oct 11atPrincetonW 30–⁠365%
Oct 18vsYaleW 52–⁠4061%
Oct 25vsBucknellW 50–⁠669%
Nov 1atLafayetteW 47–⁠3164%
Nov 8vsLehighW 17–⁠1065%
Nov 15vsFordhamW 14–⁠369%
Nov 22atHoly CrossW 45–⁠3886%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Holy Cross 45–⁠38; unranked in the final AP poll; Patriot League champions.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Colgate’s 2003 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 6vsWestern IllinoisW 28–⁠27Western Illinois’s article
Dec 13atFlorida AtlanticW 36–⁠24Florida Atlantic’s article

Patriot League champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
12–⁠0
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Patriot League
AP final
Unranked
Points
397–⁠205
Coach
—
Elo
1501 +238 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.4 No. 12 of 120 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Frieser, Tem Lukabu and Sean McCune

2003 Patriot League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colgate7–⁠012–⁠0
Lehigh6–⁠18–⁠3
Fordham4–⁠39–⁠3
Bucknell4–⁠36–⁠6
Towson3–⁠46–⁠6
Lafayette2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgetown1–⁠64–⁠8
Holy Cross1–⁠61–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.