2004 Colgate Raiders football team

2004 Colgate Raiders football
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–4 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Chris Brown
  • Luke Graham
  • Antrell Tyson
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
← 2003
2005 →
2004 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 15 Lehigh +^   5 1     9 3  
No. 19 Lafayette +^   5 1     8 4  
Bucknell   4 2     7 4  
Colgate   4 2     7 4  
Fordham   2 4     5 6  
Holy Cross   1 5     3 8  
Georgetown   0 6     3 8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2004 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A year after advancing to the national championship, Colgate tied for third in the Patriot League.

In its ninth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–4 record. Chris Brown, Luke Graham and Antrell Tyson were the team captains.[1]

The Raiders outscored opponents 261 to 225. Their 4–2 conference record tied for third in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[2]

Following their deep playoff run in 2003, the Raiders were ranked No. 5 in the preseason national Division I-AA poll. Losses quickly dropped Colgate to the bottom half of the top 25, and a league loss to unranked Bucknell in the second-to-last weekend of the season booted the Raiders from the rankings altogether. Colgate finished the year unranked.

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 27. Retrieved June 15, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 9. Retrieved August 10, 2020.