American college football season
The 2018 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fifth-year head coach Dan Hunt and played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium . They were a member of the Patriot League . They finished the season 10–2, 6–0 in Patriot League play to be Patriot League champions. They received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated James Madison in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State . Following the season, they were awarded the Lambert Division I FCS Cup by the Eastern College Athletic Conference and the Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying the Raiders as the best team in the East in Division I FCS.[ 1]
Preseason
Award watch lists
Preseason coaches poll
The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Raiders predicted to finish as Patriot League champions.[ 3]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Colgate 71 (11)
2
Lehigh
63 (3)
3
Fordham
45
4
Holy Cross
40
T–5
Bucknell
31
T–5
Lafayette
31
7
Georgetown
13
Preseason All-Patriot League team
The Raiders placed ten players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.
Offense
James Holland, Jr. – RB
Thomas Ives – WR
Max Hartzman – OL
Jovaun Woolford – OL
Defense
Nick Wheeler – DL
T.J. Holl – LB
Tyler Castillo – DB
Abu Daramy-Swaray – DB
Alec Wisniewski – DB
Special teams
Chris Puzzi – K
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross Stadium W 24–175,304 September 8 3:30 p.m. at No. 20 New Hampshire * NBCS BOS W 10–311,433 September 15 1:00 p.m. at Furman * ESPN3 Cancelled[ a] September 22 1:00 p.m. Lafayette Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY Stadium W 45–07,753 September 29 6:00 p.m. at William & Mary * No. 24 Cox Yurview W 23–09,191 October 6 12:00 p.m. at Bucknell No. 21 Stadium W 27–32,007 October 13 12:00 p.m. Cornell * No. 20 Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry ) Stadium W 31–03,112 October 27 1:00 p.m. Georgetown No. 16 Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY Stadium W 38–01,827 November 3 1:00 p.m. at Fordham No. 12 Stadium W 41–02,591 November 10 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh No. 10 Stadium W 48–66,633 November 17 12:00 p.m. at Army * No. 8 CBSSN L 14–2826,086 December 1 1:00 p.m. No. 6 James Madison * No. 9 ESPN3 W 23–206,418 December 8 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 9 ESPN L 0–3516,404 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 4]
Game summaries
Holy Cross
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
0
3
14
17
Raiders
14
10
0
0
24
At New Hampshire
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
0
10
0
0
10
No. 20 Wildcats
0
3
0
0
3
Lafayette
1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
0
0
0
0
0
Raiders
15
21
9
0
45
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Raiders
10
6
7
0
23
Tribe
0
0
0
0
0
At Bucknell
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 21 Raiders
0
17
3
7
27
Bison
0
0
3
0
3
Cornell
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
0
0
0
No. 20 Raiders
7
3
14
7
31
Georgetown
1
2
3
4
Total
Hoyas
0
0
0
0
0
No. 16 Raiders
0
24
0
14
38
At Fordham
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Raiders
14
17
0
10
41
Rams
0
0
0
0
0
At Lehigh
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Raiders
7
20
21
0
48
Mountain Hawks
0
6
0
0
6
At Army
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Raiders
0
0
7
7
14
Black Knights
7
7
0
14
28
FCS Playoffs
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Dukes
7
3
3
7
20
No. 9 Raiders
3
3
14
3
23
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Raiders
0
0
0
0
0
No. 1 Bison
7
7
14
7
35
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS RV RV RV RV 24 21 20 17 16 12 10 8 9 8 Coaches RV RV 25 24 23 20 17 13 11 11 8 6 7 7
References
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
