1999 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1999 Colgate Red Raiders football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 18
Record10–2 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom McCarroll
  • Ryan Vena
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Lehigh +^   5 1     10 2  
No. 18 Colgate +^   5 1     10 2  
Towson   4 2     7 4  
Bucknell   3 3     7 4  
Lafayette   2 4     4 7  
Holy Cross   2 4     3 8  
Fordham   0 6     0 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate was the Patriot League co-champion, but lost in the first round of the national Division I-AA playoffs.

In its fourth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 10–2 record. Tom McCarroll and Ryan Vena were the team captains.[1]

The Red Raiders outscored opponents 430 to 253. Colgate's 5–1 record earned a tie for the Patriot League championship.[2]

Unranked in the preseason Division I-AA national poll, the Red Raiders briefly appeared at No. 24 early in the season, then returned to the top 25 in mid-November. Colgate ended the year ranked No. 18 and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs by winning its conference, even though it was the lower-ranked of the two Patriot League co-champions; Lehigh also qualified, however, with an at-large berth. Both Patriot League playoff teams lost in the first round.

Colgate 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. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.