2006 COLGATE FOOTBALL GAME 2 Patriot League Champions • 1997 • 1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs 1982 • 1983 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2003 • 2005 NCAA Division I-AA Runnerup • 2003 SCHEDULES THIS WEEK COLGATE (0-1, 0-0 PL) Dartmouth (0-0, Ivy 0-0) 9-2 @ Massachusetts L, 28-7 at Colgate (0-1, Patriot League 0-0) 9-16 DARTMOUTH (TV) 1:00 9-23 MONMOUTH (TV) 1:00 Saturday, September 16, 2006 • 1:05 9-30 GEORGETOWN (TV) 1:00 Andy Kerr Stadium - Hamilton, N.Y. 10-7 PRINCETON (TV) 1:00 10-14 @ Cornell 1:00 GAME DAY 10-21 @ Fordham * 1:00 After opening their season on the road against nationally-ranked 10-28 LAFAYETTE (TV) * 1:00 Massachusetts (Sept. 2), the Colgate Raiders (0-1) will entertain Dartmouth 11-4 @ Lehigh * (TV) 12:30 College (0-0) in the home opener at Andy Kerr Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 11-11 HOLY CROSS * (TV) 12:30 16. Kickoff is 1:05 p.m. This is the first of four straight home games for 11-18 @ Bucknell * 1:00 the Raiders. * Patriot League Games Colgate dropped a 28-7 decision to UMass in its season opener, while the Big Green is playing their first game of the season. DARTMOUTH In their opener, the Raiders allowed UMass to jump out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, before settling down to play the Minutemen on even terms (0-0, 0-0 IVY) over the final three quarters. Massachusetts’ high-powered offense totaled 9-16 @ Colgate 1:00 only 296 yards against Colgate’s youthful defense that featured six players 9-23 NEW HAMPSHIRE 12:00 who were making their first collegiate starts. 9-30 @ Pennsylvania * 1:00 The Raiders’ offense struggled against a veteran Minutemen defense man- 10-7 YALE * 12:30 aging only 183 yards of offense. Sophomore tailback Jordan Scott paced the 10-14 HOLY CROSS 12:30 rushing attack with 83 yards on 21 carries including a 25-yard touchdown 10-21 @ Columbia * 12:30 run, while senior quarterback Mike Saraceno connected on 15-of-23 passes 10-28 HARVARD * 12:30 for 104 yards with one interception. Erik Burke, Wayne Moten and Kenny 11-4 @ Cornell * 1:00 Parker had four receptions apiece. 11-11 BROWN * 12:30 On special teams, senior punter Jason Sutton had one of his best per- 11-18 @ Princeton * 1:00 formances, averaging 43.4 yards per punt on seven attempts, while kickoff * Ivy League Games returner Geoff Bean averaged 22.6 per return. His 40-yard return set up the Raiders’ only touchdown. AT-A-GLANCE Defensively, Colgate middle linebackers Mike Gallihugh and David Wesley Site: Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton, N.Y. led the way with 13 and 10 tackles, respectively. Junior cornerback Cody (10,221) Williams came up with his fifth career interception while senior free safety Andrew Moore picked off his fourth career interception. TV: Time Warner Sports - Syracuse, Dartmouth was 2-8 last fall and 1-6 in the Ivy League under head coach Rochester & Albany (Live). Mark Larson will handle the play-by-play, while Dale Buddy Teevens. The Big Green has been picked to finish seventh in this Drypolcher provides the color commentary. year's Ivy League preseason poll. Danny Liedka is the sideline reporter. Dartmouth returns 16 starters including nine on offense and seven on defense. Radio: WKXZ (94 FM/99.3 FM, Oneonta, N.Y.). Eric Malanoski is the play-by-play voice of Colgate football. Steve Stilwell han- TICKETS dles the color. Air time for the pregame show Tickets for the Colgate-Dartmouth game are available at the Raider Ticket is 12:40. Office (315-228-7600). They are priced at $12 for reserved seats, $10.00 for general admission, and $5.00 for children in the general admission sec- The Series: Colgate leads, 14-5-1 tion. Series Streak: Dartmouth - 1 Last Meeting: 2005, Dartmouth, 26-21 Last Meeting at Colgate: 2004, Colgate 17-15 COLGATE VS. IVY LEAGUE TEAMS Dartmouth at Colgate: 0-5 During the 10-year tenure of Colgate head coach Dick Biddle, the Raiders Head Coaches: are 26-5 against Ivy League competition with a two-game winning streak. Colgate - Dick Biddle (Duke ‘71) 11th Year at Colgate and Overall (84-36) vs. Dartmouth (6-1) HOME OPENERS Dartmouth - Buddy Teevens (Dartmouth '79) Colgate is 5-5 in home openers under head coach Dick Biddle. Overall 7th Year at Dartmouth (28-30-2) the Raiders are 50-27 in home openers since the first game was played at Overall (62-107-2) Andy Kerr Stadium in 1939. vs. Colgate (1-0) THE SERIES RAIDER COVERAGE This is the 21st meeting between Colgate and Dartmouth with the Raiders leading the overall series, 14-5-1. Last season, the Big Green snapped a Colgate Athletic Communications six-game losing streak against the Raiders. Colgate has won 12 of the last Office Phone: (315) 228-7602 14 contests and is a perfect 5-0 against Dartmouth at Andy Kerr Stadium. Fax Phone: (315) 228-7977 Bob Cornell . Director LAST MEETING (2005) E-Mail . rcornell@mail .colgate .edu Colgate turned the ball over four times leading to three Dartmouth touch- Cell Phone . 315-723-0175. downs as the Big Green opened their season with a 26-21 win over the Raid- Michele Kelley . Ass’t Director ers at Memorial Field in Hanover, N.H. With the victory, Dartmouth snapped a six-game losing streak against the Raiders. Meredith Rieder . Assistant During the course of the game, Colgate lost its entire starting backfield. Kristy McNeil . Assistant Freshman tailback Steve Hansen suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Lisa Diehl . .Administrative Assistant first half, while quarterback Lee Sloan was knocked out for the season in the second half. Fullback Ben Evans missed the second half with dehydration. Raider Hotline Hansen carried 16 times for 41 yards, while freshman Jordan Scott fin- (315) 228-7900 ished with three carries for 40 yards and one TD and Ray LaMonica had 16 • carries for 28 yards. Sloan completed 10-of-17 passes for 85 and had two Colgate Athletic Website intercepted, while Mike Saraceno finished 5-of-10 for 46 yards. Colgate had www.goColgateRaiders.com 262 yards of total offense, while Dartmouth gained 193. • 10 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS Colgate is one of seven Division I-AA programs sporting a streak of 10 or more winning seasons. The others are Eastern Kentucky (28), Montana (20), Dayton (13), Appalachian St. (12), Duquesne (12), and Western Kentucky (10). The Raiders have never had a losing season under head coach Dick Biddle. WEBSITES Complete Colgate football information, including releases, statistics, records and features can be found on: Colgate's official website at www. goColgateRaiders.com COLGATE HEAD COACH Colgate head coach Dick Biddle is in his 11th season with the Raiders. He has an overall record of 84-36 for a .700 winning percentage. He is the fourth winningest active Division I-AA coach. In 2003, he was named the American Football Coaches Association Division I-AA National Coach of the Year, and for three times in his career he has been Patriot League Coach of the Year. His winning percentage is the highest of any coach who has coached eight League Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. or more seasons in the Patriot League. He is the second winningest coach in Lafayette 1 0 1 .000 2 0 1 .000 school history. Holy Cross 1 0 1 .000 1 1 .500 Biddle is the first Colgate coach to post 10 straight winning seasons and Fordham 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 the first Colgate coach to record nine straight seasons with seven or more Lehigh 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 victories. Colgate 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Bucknell 0 1 .000 1 1 .500 Georgetown 0 1 .000 1 1 .500 AIR FORCE/COLGATE TO MEET ON THE GRIDIRON THIS WEEK: Dartmouth at Colgate, Princeton at Colgate athletics director Dave Lehigh, Holy Cross at Harvard, Cornell at Bucknell, Roach has announced an agreement Pennsylvania at Lafayette, Georgetown at Brown, Fordham at Columbia . between Colgate and Air Force to meet on the gridiron. Colgate will travel to Colorado For further information on the Patriot Springs, Colorado on August 31 to League and its members, please contact open its 2013 season. the league office . The Raiders have played five pre- vious times west of the Mississippi Rich Schepis . (610) 289-1963 River in their 116 years of intercolle- E-Mail . rschepis@patriotleague .com giate football: Nebraska (1924); Iowa Fax . (610) 289-1952 (1935 and 1938); Wyoming (1983), www.patriotleague.com and St. Mary’s, Calif. (1999). SCOTT NAMED TO WALTER PAYTON WATCH LIST Colgate sophomore tailback Jordan Scott (Hyattsville, MD) is one of 16 players named to the “Payton Watch” list by The Sports Network. The 20th Walter Payton Award will be presented to the top player in TEAM COMPARISONS I-AA football during the 2006 season. Colgate has two previous winners of the Walter Payton Award – Kenny Gamble (1987) and Jamaal Branch (2003). COLGATE (0-1/0-0 PL) 2006 Team Statistics COL OPP Scott is coming off a highly-decorated rookie season that saw him earn Points/Game 7 .0 28 .0 third team All-America honors, Patriot League Rookie of the Year, ECAC First Downs 11 15 Rookie of the Year, and The Sports Network co-Rookie of the Year. Rushing/Game 79 .0 179 .0 He led the Patriot League in rushing with 320 carries for 1,364 yards Passing 23-15-1 19-11-2 and 10 touchdowns while leading Colgate to a share of the Patriot League Passing/Game 104 .0 117 .0 title, and its seventh appearance in the I-AA playoffs.