1982 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1982 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate ranked No. 9 nationally and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinal round.

1982 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Mark Owens
  • Dave Wolf
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Delaware ^  1220
No. 4 Tennessee State ^  1011
No. 13 Holy Cross  830
James Madison  830
No. 9 Colgate ^  840
No. 20 Lafayette  730
Nicholls State  740
No. 18 Northwestern State  650
Western Kentucky  550
Bucknell  460
Lehigh  460
Southeastern Louisiana  470
Northeastern  360
William & Mary  380
Richmond  0100
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee

In its seventh season under head coach Frederick Dunlap, the team compiled a 8–4 record (7–3 regular season). Dave Wolf and Mark Owens were the team captains.[1]

This was Colgate's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1890.

A five-game winning streak to open the campaign put the Red Raiders in the weekly national rankings in their first year in Division I-AA, rising as high as No. 2. A three-game losing streak then bounced them out of the rankings, but Colgate finished the year at No. 9 and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs, where it lost in the quarterfinals.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Connecticut W 31–17 5,700 [2]
September 18 at Lehigh W 21–14 10,800 [3]
September 25 at Cornell No. 9W 21–6 13,013 [4]
October 2 at Dartmouth No. 7W 38–21 3,400 [5]
October 9 No. 4 Holy Cross No. 6
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 21–17 10,000 [6]
October 23 at Rutgers No. 2L 17–34 19,423 [7]
October 30 at Syracuse No. 8L 15–49 36,076 [8]
November 6 at Penn No. 12L 13–21 12,212 [9]
November 13 Temple
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 24–17 4,000 [10]
November 20 at Boston University No. 16W 22–21 1,887 [11]
November 26 Boston University No. 9
W 21–7 2,500 [12]
December 4 at No. 3 Delaware No. 9L 13–20 11,448 [13]

References