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. COLGATE RAIDERS Founded ...................................................1819 1-0, 1-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE Enrollment ...............................................2,922 Nickname ............................................. Raiders at Colors ........................... Maroon, Gray & White President ............................ Dr. Brian W. Casey NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS VP & Director of Athletics ....Dr. Nicki W. Moore 0-1, 0-1 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSN Conference ................................. Patriot League Athletic Dept. Phone................. (315) 228-7611 Livestream: TBA | Radio: WKXZ-FM 93.9 | Stats: Statbroadcast.com Football History OPENING KICKS First Year of Football ................................1890 • Colgate plays away from home for the first time in 2018 with a renewal of the series All-Time Record .............................. 646-486-50 Seasons ...................................................128th against No. 20 New Hampshire. NCAA Playoff Appearances ..........................10 • The Raiders trail 6-2 in the series but won 27-20 in Durham in the most recent meeting, Most Recent Finish ............ Quarterfinals (2015) a 2015 NCAA playoff game. Best Finish ............................. 2nd Place (2003) • Both Colgate victories against UNH have come in Durham (also 27-23 in 1986). • The Raiders opened 1-0 last week with a 24-17 Patriot League victory over Holy Cross. Head Coach Dan Hunt ...................................Springfield ‘92 • T.J. Holl’s first career sack last week was a sack-strip-fumble that resulted in a 7-yard TD Colgate Record ..................... 27-21/5th season return by John Steffen for Colgate’s first points of the season. Career Record .......................................... Same Patriot League Record ............................... 19-6 THE COLGATE 13 Associate Head Coach Stan Dakosty ..................................Colgate ‘05 Thirteen notes of interest on today’s game against the Wildcats Secondary Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Colgate has a trio of multiweek road trips this season and the first one starts with Saturdaya Assistant Coaches & Staff night visit to No. 20 New Hampshire. The Raiders are coming off a24-17 Patriot League vic- • Paul Shaffner .........Defensive Coord./Inside LBs tory over Holy Cross, while UNH dropped a road conference game at Maine. Chris Young * .. Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Josh Ison * ....................... D-Line/Special Teams Brad Dunlay * .............................Offensive Line The Raiders trail the series against New Hampshire by a 6-2 margin but won the most recent Terry Dow .......................... Tight Ends/H-Backs encounter in 2015, a 27-20 victory to open the 2015 NCAA playoffs. That triumph in Durham Brent Bassham .......................... Wide Receivers • Aaron Foster .................................... Secondary was Colgate’s second in the series and second on the UNH turf (also 27-23 in 1986). Colgate is Brendan Walsh .......................... Running Backs 2-3 all-time in Durham. Jordan Belfiori * ................Outside Linebackers Sean Cullen ........................ Football Operations Colgate has two Patriot League games in September for the first time since 2003, when the * Stationed in press box during games. Raiders played Georgetown and Towson. Colgate is home again Sept. 22 against Lafayette in • Paul Helsel ........Strength & Conditioning Coach a game that marks Homecoming, Family Weekend and the official kickoff for the University’s Cody Herbert ..............Assistant Athletic Trainer Bicentennial Celebration. Jillian Austin ...............Assistant Athletic Trainer Debbie Rhyde ..............Administrative Assistant Office Phone ............................ (315) 228-7603 Ten of this year’s Preseason All-Patriot League team members are from Colgate. Fordham Home...........Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium •was next with five, followed by followed by Lafayette and Holy Cross with Continued Capacity/Surface ....................10,221/FieldTurf Athletic Communications COLGATE RAIDERS 1-0 (1-0 Patriot) John Painter .............. Director/Football Contact Cell Phone ............................... (865) 414-1143 DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT ATT. Office Phone ............................ (315) 228-7566 Sept. 1 HOLY CROSS * HAMILTON W 24-17 5,304 Jenna Jorgensen ....................Assistant Director Jordan Doroshenko ...............Assistant Director Sept. 8 at #20 New Hampshire Durham 6:00 Will LeBlond.................... Communications Asst. Sept. 15 at Furman Greenville 1:00 Nina Lindberg ...............Director of Multimedia/ Sept. 22 LAFAYETTE * (HC) HAMILTON 1:00 Production Geoff Bell ......................Video Production Asst. Sept. 29 at William & Mary Williamsburg 6:00 Lisa Diehl .....................Administrative Assistant Oct. 6 at Bucknell * Lewisburg 12:00 Tegan Graham ....................... Student Assistant Office Phone ............................ (315) 228-7602 Oct. 13 CORNELL HAMILTON 12:00 Oct. 27 GEORGETOWN * HAMILTON 1:00 Nov. 3 at Fordham * Bronx 1:00 Nov. 10 at Lehigh * Bethlehem 12:30 Nov. 17 at Army West Point 12:00 * Patriot League Games. All times Eastern. (HC) Homecoming & Family Weekend. Page 2 | Colgate at New Hampshire | Game 2 2018 PATRIOT LEAGUE four apiece. Colgate had 12 first-team picks on the Phil Steele STANDINGS Preseason All-Patriot League squad. (See listing this page) James Holland Jr., moved into 21st place on Colgate’s ca- League Overall reer rushing list last Saturday and now needs just eight W-L Pct. W-L Pct. • yards to exceed 2,000 for his career. Holland rushed for 31 COLGATE ................. 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 yards against Holy Cross and added a 24-yard TD reception -- Georgetown ............. 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 the first of his career -- to boost the Raiders past Holy Cross. Lehigh ...................... 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 (See Colgate Records Watch). Bucknell ................... 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Nick Wheeler saw his eight-game sack streak come to an Fordham .................. 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 end in the opener but the junior defensive lineman still • Lafayette .................. 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 contributed 1½ tackles-for-loss in Colgate’s 24-17 victory. Wheeler strung together 11½ over his last eight games of Holy Cross ................ 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 2017 to post the second-best season total in Raiders history. SATURDAY’S GAMES Only Jeff King in 1979 had more in one year with 14. Campbell at Georgetown, 12:30 Villanova at Lehigh, 12:30 Wheeler was named Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year by the confer- Holy Cross at Boston College, 1 ence coaches and SIDs. He also earned a spot on the 2018 STATS FCS Preseason All-America • Sacred Heart at Bucknell, 3 Third Team. The junior’s 14½ career sacks place him 11th on the all-time Colgate record list. Lafayette at Delaware, 3:30 (See Colgate Records Watch below) COLGATE at New Hampshire, 6 Fordham at Richmond, 6 Colgate’s victory over Holy Cross extended its winning streak to six dating to last season. Only North Carolina A&T with 14 and defending national championNorth Dakota State with • 2018 Preseason Awards seven have longer active streaks. JACK BADOVINAC, OL All-Patriot League Third Team (Phil Steele) Senior defensive back Tyler Castillo took over the active Patriot League lead in intercep- GRANT BRENEMAN, QB tions with his eighth in the first half last week against Holy Cross. Castillo needs just two • All-Patriot League Second Team (Phil Steele) more to join the Colgate career top 10 (See Colgate Records Watch). Castillo was named to the TYLER CASTILLO, DB Preseason All-Patriot League Team after earning All-Patriot League First Team honors last year. All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele) ABU DARAMY-SWARAY, DB PATRIOT LEAGUE ACTIVE INTERCEPTION LEADERS All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele) Yr G Int Yds TD DILLON DEIULIIS, LB Tyler Castillo, COLGATE Sr. 32 8 68 0 All-Patriot League Third Team (Phil Steele) Bryan Marine, Bucknell Sr. 30 7 97 0 MAX HARTZMAN, OL Antonio Jackson, Fordham Sr. 34 6 79 0 All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele) Blaise Brown, Georgetown Sr. 32 6 52 0 SCOTT HIRSHMAN, OL All-Patriot League First Team (Phil Steele) T.J. Holl’s first career sack came last week against Holy Cross and led to Colgate’s first points T.J. HOLL, LB of the season when John Steffen scooped up the strip-sack-fumble and waltzed 7 yards into • All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele) the end zone for his first collegiate TD. Holl tied Alec Wisniewski (first career sack) and Dillon JAMES HOLLAND JR, TB DeIuliis (career high tackles) for team honors last week with 10 tackles apiece. All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele) NICK IOANILLI, LB Grant Breneman threw a pair of touchdown passes against Holy Cross to reach 20 for his All-Patriot League Second Team (Phil Steele) young career. The sophomore has passed for 1,788 career yards and just five interceptions • THOMAS IVES, WR against the 20 TDs ... Owen Rockett posted his All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele) second career 100-yard receiving game with NICK MARTINSEN, TE six for 101 and a touchdown. Colgate Records Watch All-Patriot League Third Team (Phil Steele) CAREER RUSHING YARDAGE LEADERS ALEX MATHEWS, TB Head coach Dan Hunt improved to 19-6 1. Jordan Scott (2005-08) 5,621 All-Patriot League Second Team