1997 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1997 Colgate Red Raiders football
Patriot League champion
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–5 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tim Girard
  • Blair Hicks
  • Dan Rivera
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colgate $^   6 0     7 5  
No. 24 Bucknell   5 1     10 1  
Fordham   4 2     5 6  
Holy Cross   2 4     4 7  
Lehigh   2 4     4 7  
Lafayette   2 4     3 8  
Towson   0 6     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1997 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate won the Patriot League championship.

In its second season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–5 record. Tim Girard, Blair Hicks and Dan Rivera were the team captains.[1]

The Red Raiders outscored opponents 414 to 300. Colgate was undefeated in league play to win its first conference championship. Because of the addition of Towson University to the league schedule, Colgate became the first Patriot League member to win six conference games in a year.[2]

The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.

  1. ^ "Colgate Athletic History: Football" (PDF). Hamilton, N.Y.: Colgate University. pp. 13–14 and 26. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 6. Retrieved August 10, 2020.