GAME 2008 COLGATE FOOTBALL Patriot League Champions • 1997 • 1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 1 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs 1982 • 1983 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2003 • 2005 NCAA Division I-AA Runnerup • 2003 SCHEDULES THIS WEEK COLGATE (0-0, 0-0 PL) Colgate (0-0, Patriot League 0-0) 8-30 @ Stony Brook 6:00 9-6 @ Coastal Carolina 7:00 at Stony Brook (0-0, Big South 0-0) 9-13 FURMAN (TV) 1:00 Saturday, August 30, 2008 • 6:00 9-20 DARTMOUTH (TV) 1:00 9-27 @ Fordham * 6:00 LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, N.Y. 10-4 GEORGETOWN * (TV) 1:00 10-11 PRINCETON (TV) 1:00 Colgate head coach Dick Biddle needs one win to become the 10-18 @ Cornell (TV) 1:00 winningest coach in school history 10-25 @ Bucknell * 1:00 11-1 LAFAYETTE * (TV) 1:00 GAME DAY 11-8 @ Lehigh * (TV) 12:30 The Colgate Raiders open their 118th gridiron season when they travel to 11-22 HOLY CROSS * (TV) 1:00 Stony Brook University on Saturday, August 30. Kickoff is 6 p.m. at LaValle * Patriot League Game Stadium. Colgate, picked to finish third in this year's Patriot League race, finished STONY BROOK 7-4 last season for its 11th winning season in its last 12 campaigns. (0-0, 0-0 Big South) Stony Brook is playing its first season in the Big South Conference. The 8-30 COLGATE 6:00 Seawolves were 6-5 last fall under head coach Chuck Priore including victo- 9-6 ELON 3:00 ries against Patriot League foes Georgetown and Bucknell. 9-13 @ Maine 6:00 9-20 @ Brown 12:30 THE SERIES 9-27 HOFSTRA 6:00 This is the first meeting between Colgate and Stony Brook. 10-11 @ Liberty * 3:30 10-18 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 3:00 SEASON OPENERS 10-25 @ Coastal Carolina * 7:00 Colgate is 3-9 in season openers under head coach Dick Biddle. Last sea- 11-1 GARDNER-WEBB * 3:00 son the Raiders snapped a three-game losing streak in openers with a 13-11 11-8 @ Iona 1:00 win over Albany. 11-15 VMI * 1:00 * Big South Game COLGATE VS. BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE Colgate will be playing its first two games ever against Big South Conference opponents in the opening two games of the season. WEBSITES AT-A-GLANCE Complete Colgate football information, including releases, statistics, Site: LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, NY records and features can be found on: Colgate's official website at www. (8,136) goColgateRaiders.com Radio: WKXZ (94 FM/99.3 FM, Oneonta, CAPTAINS ELECTED N.Y.). Eric Malanoski is the play-by-play Colgate head coach Dick Biddle announced that tri-captains have been voice of Colgate football. Air time for the pre- game show is 5:40. elected for the 2008 season. They are senior tailback Jordan Scott, senior TV: None. quarterback Alex Relph and senior offensive tackle Nick Hennessey. The Series: First Meeting COLGATE HEAD COACH Series Streak: First Meeting Colgate head coach Dick Biddle is in his 13th season with the Raiders. Last Meeting: None Last Meeting at Stony Brook: None He has an overall record of 95-46 for a .673 winning percentage. In 2003, Colgate at Stony Brook: 0-0 he was named the American Football Coaches Association Division I-AA Head Coaches: National Coach of the Year, and three times in his career he has been Patriot Colgate - Dick Biddle (Duke ‘71) League Coach of the Year. 13th Year at Colgate and Overall (95-46) His Patriot League and overall winning percentage is the highest of any vs. Stony Brook (0-0 ) Stony Brook - Chuck Priore (Albany '82) coach who has coached eight or more seasons in the league. 3rd Year at Stony Brook (11-11)' Biddle is the first Colgate coach to post 10 straight winning seasons 9th Year Overall (50-20) (1996-2005) and the first Colgate coach to record nine straight seasons with vs. Colgate (0-0) seven or more victories (1997-2005). He has won seven or more games in 10 of his 12 seasons with the Raiders. BIDDLE TIES ANDY KERR FOR CAREER WINS RAIDER COVERAGE Dick Biddle has tied Andy Kerr as the winningest coach in Colgate history with 95 victories. Kerr won 95 seasons in 18 seasons between 1929-46. Colgate Athletic Communications Biddle owns the Patriot League records for wins in league games (57) and Office Phone: (315) 228-7602 overall victories (95). Fax Phone: (315) 228-7977 Bob Cornell . Director COACHING CHANGES E-Mail . rcornell@mail. .colgate .edu Steve Szabo is Colgate's new defensive coordinator and linebacker Cell Phone . 315-723-0175. coach coming to the program from the University of Michigan where he was John Gilger . Ass’t. Director linebacker coach. He has 12 years of experience in the National Football League. Also hired is defensive assistant Dave Uimonen and running backs Jeremiah Hergott . Assistant coach Kade Rannings. TBA . Assistant Lisa Diehl . Administrative. Assistant COLGATE PLAYERS TABBED WITH PRESEASON HONORS Jordan Scott was tabbed a preseason FCS All-America by The Sporting Raider Hotline News and second team preseason All-America by Consensus Draft Services. (315) 228-7900 Phil Steele's Football Magazine named offensive tackle Nick Hennessey • second team preseason All-America, while he joined Scott, offensive tackle Colgate Athletic Website Steve Jonas and defensive back Wayne Moten on the Patriot League www.goColgateRaiders.com preseason first team. Wide receiver Pat Simonds, offensive guard Rich • Rosabella, defensive tackle Paul Mancuso and defensive back Mike Barry were second team selections. Hennessey was also named second team All-America by The Sports TEAM HEADQUARTERS Network. Marriott Islandia NATION'S LEADING RUSHER Islandia, N.Y. Jordan Scott led the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) last sea- 631-881-6006 son in rushing with 170.45 yards per game. He was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given to the most outstanding player in the FCS. SCOTT APPROACHING ELITE COMPANY Jordan Scott will attempt to join only seven other FCS runners with his fourth consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season this fall, joining Jerry Azumah of New Hampshire, Adrian Peterson of Georgia Southern, Alonzo Coleman of Hampton, Clifton Dawson of Harvard, Steve Baylark of Massachusetts, Scott Phaydavong of Drake and Donald Chapman of Tennessee-Martin. Scott is the current active leader in rushing yards with 4,473 yards and is second in TDs on the ground (42). SCOTT IS 2ND ALL-TIME IN RUSHING Jordan Scott enters the 2008 season in second place on the school's all- League Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. time rushing list with 4,473 yards. He needs 748 yards for first place. Bucknell 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Colgate 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Career Rushing - By Yards Fordham 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 PLAYER CARRIES YARDS AVG TD Georgetown 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Kenny Gamble (1984-87) 963 5220 5.4 54 Holy Cross 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Jordan Scott (2005-pr.) 1019 4473 4.4 42 Lafayette 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Lehigh 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Jamaal Branch (2000-01, 03-04) 854 4108 4.8 48 Rich Erenberg (1980-83) 699 3689 5.3 27 THIS WEEK: Colgate at Stony Brook . Randall Joseph (1997-00) 541 3218 5.94 25 CAREER RUSHING IN THE PATRIOT LEAGUE Jordan Scott set or tied five Patriot League season or career records in 2007, including a season-best 170.45 rushing yards per game. This season For further information on the Patriot he has a chance to go out as one of the top players in league history. Scott League and its members, please contact is 362 yards away from breaking the all-time Patriot League rushing mark of the league office . 4,834 yards held by Lafayette's Erik Marsh (1991-94). He is also within 59 points of becoming the league's all-time leading scored. He enters the year Matt Dougherty . (610) 289-1963 with 13 consecutive 100-yard rushing games and 24 total 100-yard efforts, E-Mail . .mdougherty@patriotleague .com both four games away from tying the league marks. Scott's 1,019 carries Fax . (610) 289-1952 are just eight shy of Marsh's Patriot League mark and 196 from a Division I www.patriotleague.com record. Scott has already tied league records with six 200-yard games and three 1,000-yard seasons in his career. NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS - RUSHING YARDS 1. Jordan Scott, Sr., Colgate ............... 4,473 2. Mike McLeod, Sr., Yale ........................ 3,672 NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS - RUSHING YARDS PER GAME 1. Jordan Scott, Sr., Colgate ....... 135.5 2. Mike McLeod, Sr., Yale ................. 122.4 TEAM COMPARISONS NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS - CARRIES 1. Jordan Scott, Sr., Colgate ........1019 2. Mike McLeod, Sr., Yale ...................817 COLGATE (7-4/4-2 PL) 2007 Team Statistics COL OPP Points/Game 25 .7 21 .7 NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS - CARRIES PER GAME First Downs 240 197 1. Jordan Scott, Sr., Colgate ........ 30.9 Rushing/Game 195 .6 110 .2 2. Mike McLeod, Sr., Yale .................. 27.2 Passing 266-162-13 338-192-14 Passing/Game 197 .2 212 .6 NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS - RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Total Offense/Game 392 .8 322 .8 1. Mike McLeod, Sr., Yale ....................48 Fumbles-Lost 16-12 22-9 2. Jordan Scott, Sr., Colgate ..........42 Penalties-Yards 59-522 56-477 Punting 38 .1 42 .1 NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS - TOTAL POINTS 1. Mike McLeod, Sr., Yale ...................294 STONY BROOK (6-5) 2. JT Rogan, Sr., San Diego ...............276 2007 Team Statistics SB OPP 3.