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COLGATE COLGATE2 0 1 8 F O O T B A L L G A M E N O T E S University Information Location .....................................Hamilton, N.Y. #8 COLGATE RAIDERS Founded ...................................................1819 10-1, 6-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE Enrollment ...............................................2,922 Nickname ............................................. Raiders vs Colors ........................... Maroon, Gray & White President ............................ Dr. Brian W. Casey #1 NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON VP & Director of Athletics ....Dr. Nicki W. Moore 12-0, 8-0 MISSOURI VALLEY FB CONF Conference ................................. Patriot League Athletic Dept. Phone................. (315) 228-7611 TV: ESPN | Radio: WKXZ-FM 93.9 | Stats: NCAA.com Football History OPENING KICKS First Year of Football ................................1890 • All eight NCAA playoff seeds advanced, which means No. 8 Colgate takes on No. 1 and All-Time Record .............................. 656-487-50 Seasons ...................................................128th defending national champion North Dakota State in the Fargodome. NCAA Playoff Appearances ..........................11 • Colgate is back in the NCAA DI Quarterfinals for the second time in four years. Most Recent Finish ............ Quarterfinals (2015) • The Raiders knocked off sixth-ranked James Madison 23-20 last Saturday in Hamilton, Best Finish ............................. 2nd Place (2003) winning on a field goal as time expired in the first home playoff game in 15 years. • Colgate teams in 2003 and 2015 are the only Patriot League squads to win more than Head Coach Dan Hunt ...................................Springfield ‘92 one game in a single playoff year. Colgate Record ..................... 36-22/5th season • The Raiders tied an FCS record this season with five shutouts. Career Record .......................................... Same Patriot League Record ............................... 24-6 COLGATE NOTEBOOK Associate Head Coach Stan Dakosty ..................................Colgate ‘05 Notes of interest on Saturday’s game against the Bison Secondary Coach and Recruiting Coordinator No. 8 Colgate continues its run against the NCAA’s elite Saturday when the Raiders take on Assistant Coaches & Staff No. 1 North Dakota State for the first time. Colgate is coming off a thrilling 23-20 victory • Paul Shaffner .........Defensive Coord./Inside LBs over James Madison, a team that won the 2016 national title and then lost in the 2017 cham- Chris Young * .. Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Josh Ison * ....................... D-Line/Special Teams pionship game to NDSU. The Bison smashed Montana State 52-10 last Saturday to reach their Brad Dunlay * .............................Offensive Line ninth consecutive NCAA quarterfinal. They have won six of the last seven NCAA titles. Terry Dow .......................... Tight Ends/H-Backs Brent Bassham .......................... Wide Receivers Aaron Foster .................................... Secondary Saturday’s contest is on ESPN, with Kevin Brown handling play-by-play, D.J. Shockley game analyst and Cole Cubelic sideline reporter. The producer is Eric Posman. Colgate’s radio crew Brendan Walsh .......................... Running Backs • Jordan Belfiori * ................Outside Linebackers is Eric Malanoski and Jeff Bishop on 94 WKXZ-FM. Sean Cullen ........................ Football Operations * Stationed in press box during games. Last Saturday’s win over James Madison improved the Raiders to 4-0 all-time at home in Paul Helsel ........Strength & Conditioning Coach the playoffs -- and it was 15 years in the making! Colgate last played at Andy Kerr Stadium • Cody Herbert ..............Assistant Athletic Trainer in the postseason in 2003, when the Raiders won twice en route to the NCAA Jillian Austin ...............Assistant Athletic Trainer Continued Debbie Rhyde ..............Administrative Assistant Office Phone ............................ (315) 228-7603 COLGATE RAIDERS 10-1 (6-0 Patriot) Home...........Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Capacity/Surface ....................10,221/FieldTurf DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT ATT. Sept. 1 HOLY CROSS * HAMILTON W 24-17 5,304 Athletic Communications Sept. 8 at #20 New Hampshire Durham W 10-3 11,433 John Painter .............. Director/Football Contact Cell Phone ............................... (865) 414-1143 Sept. 15 at Furman Greenville Canceled -- Hurricane Office Phone ............................ (315) 228-7566 Sept. 22 LAFAYETTE * (200th Anniv.) HAMILTON W 45-0 7,753 Jenna Jorgensen ....................Assistant Director Jordan Doroshenko ...............Assistant Director Sept. 29 at William & Mary Williamsburg W 23-0 9,191 Will LeBlond.................... Communications Asst. Oct. 6 at Bucknell * Lewisburg W 27-3 2,007 Nina Lindberg ...............Director of Multimedia/ Production Oct. 13 CORNELL HAMILTON W 31-0 3,112 Geoff Bell ......................Video Production Asst. Oct. 27 GEORGETOWN * HAMILTON W 38-0 1,827 Lisa Diehl .....................Administrative Assistant Nov. 3 at Fordham * Bronx W 41-0 2,591 Tegan Graham ....................... Student Assistant Office Phone ............................ (315) 228-7602 Nov. 10 at Lehigh * Bethlehem W 48-6 6,633 Nov. 17 at Army West Point L 14-28 26,086 NCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Dec. 1 #6 JAMES MADISON % HAMILTON W 23-20 6,418 Dec. 8 at #1 North Dakota St. % Fargo 11 a.m. Central * Patriot League Games. #NCAA Playoffs. All times Eastern. (200th Anniv.) Bicentennial Kickoff Weekend. Page 2 | Colgate at North Dakota State | Game 12 championship game. The Raiders 2018 PATRIOT LEAGUE COLGATE IN THE DEFENSIVE STATISTICAL RANKINGS STANDINGS won twice in the 2015 playoffs, but those games were both on the Category Colgate Stats Patriot NCAA road at New Hampshire and at No. League Overall Rushing Defense 88.3 1 4 5 James Madison. Colgate teams W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Pass Efficiency Defense 80.85 1 1 in 2003 and 2015 are the only Pa- Total Defense 219.0 1 1 COLGATE ................. 6-0 1.000 10-1 .900 triot League squads to win more Scoring Defense 7.0 1 1 Holy Cross ................ 4-2 .667 5-6 .455 than one game in a playoff year. 3rd Down Conv. Defense 27.2% 1 5 Georgetown ............. 4-2 .667 5-6 .455 Colgate’s outscored its Patriot Red Zone Defense 60.0% 1 3 Lehigh ...................... 2-4 .333 3-8 .273 League competition this year Turnover Margin +1.45 1 3 • Lafayette .................. 2-4 .333 3-8 .273 223-26, or by an average of 37-4. During the current 11-game conference winning streak dating to last season, Colgate has built Fordham .................. 2-4 .167 2-9 .182 up a 408-58 edge that equates to 37-5 on the scoreboard. Bucknell ................... 1-5 .167 1-10 .091 Colgate tied an NCAA FCS record with five shutouts, matching South Carolina State way SATURDAY’S GAME back in 1978. Lehigh’s second-quarter TD Nov. 10 snapped a 70-day, 29-quarter streak of COLGATE at North Dakota State, 11 CT • zero touchdowns allowed dating to the fourth quarter of Colgate’s Sept. 1 openeragainst Holy (Complete NCAA bracket Page 26) Cross. The 1935 Raiders were the last Colgate team with more than five shutouts. That squad had either six or seven shutouts, depending on how you interpret a “Triangular Game” against 2018 In-Season Awards both St. Lawrence (31-0) and Amherst (12-0) that consisted of two quarters against each oppo- NICK ALVAREZ, ST nent. Your guess is as good as mine! The famous 1932 Colgate Raiders of Undefeated, Untied, All-Patriot League First Team Unscored Upon and Uninvited fame were 9-0 with nine shutout victories. JACK BADOVINAC, OL Tyler Castillo intercepted his fifth and sixth passes of the season and 12th and 13th of his All-Patriot League First Team career to aid Colgate’s 23-20 victory over James Madison. Castillo isthe Patriot League’s ac- • GRANT BRENEMAN, QB tive career leader and also moved into a tie for fourth on both the Raider career and season All-Patriot League First Team Academic All-Patriot Leauge charts. He is sixth nationally in interceptions per game (0.5). TYLER CASTILLO, DB PATRIOT LEAGUE ACTIVE LEADERS All-Patriot League First Team INTERCEPTIONS SACKS JOSH CERRA, P Yr G Int Yds TD Yr G Sks Yds Academic All-Patriot Leauge Castillo, COLGATE Sr. 41 13 203 1 Wheeler, COLGATE Jr. 28 22.5 152 ABU DARAMY-SWARAY, DB/RS Marine, Bucknell Sr. 39 10 131 0 Capsis, Holy Cross Sr. 43 16.0 106 Sept. 22 (Lafayette) Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week Jackson, Fordham Sr. 43 7 140 0 Tate, Georgetown Jr. 31 15.5 105 Brown, Georgetown Sr. 41 6 52 0 Page, Bucknell So. 16 13.5 103 All-Patriot League First Team (DB & RS) DILLON DEIULIIS, LB Nick Wheeler’s sack at Lehigh boosted him to 22½ career QB takedowns, good for fourth Academic All-Patriot Leauge •on the Colgate chart and the active Patriot League lead. Wheeler strung together 11½ over NICK DIACO, TE his last eight games of 2017 to post the second-best season total in Raiders history. Wheeler All-Patriot League Second Team is third in the Patriot League in TFLs with 16 in 11 games (1.5 pg), and third in sacks with eight MAX HARTZMAN, OL for 0.7 per game. All-Patriot League First Team Last Saturday’s win over James Madison SCOTT HIRSHMAN, OL Colgate Records Watch handed Colgate a 10-win season for the All-Patriot League First Team • fourth time in program history. The other CAREER RUSHING YARDAGE LEADERS T.J. HOLL, LB 1. Jordan Scott (2005-08) 5,621 Sept. 29 (William & Mary) years were 1977 (10-1), 1999 (10-2) and 2003 -- Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week (15-1). 6. Randall Joseph (1997-2000) 3,218 College Sports Madness PL Defensive Player of the Week 7. Jordan McCord (2008-09, 11-12) 3,144 8. James Holland Jr. (2014-) 3,115 Oct. 13 (Cornell) The Raiders have adjusted quite well to Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week scholarship football. Colgate this year • CAREER SACK LEADERS College Sports Madness PL Defensive Player of the Week won its third title in a four-year span and 10th 1. Kelly Robinson (1979-81) 28.5 All-Patriot League First Team overall Patriot League crown. The conference 2. Pat Afriyie (2014-17) 26.5 allowed scholarship football for the first time 3.