| Colgate Raiders | |
|---|---|
_logo.svg){kind=logo} | |
| University | Colgate University |
| Conference | Patriot League (primary) ECAC Hockey |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Athletic director | Yariv Amir |
| Location | Hamilton, New York |
| Varsity teams | 23 |
| Football stadium | Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Cotterell Court |
| Other venues | Class of 1965 Arena |
| Nickname | Raiders |
| Colors | Maroon and white[1] |
| Website | colgateathletics |
 | |
TheColgate Raiders are theathletic teams that representColgate University. The teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming & diving, track and field and tennis. Men's sports include golf and football. Women's sports include field hockey, softball, and volleyball.
The Raiders are members of thePatriot League for most sports, except for the men's and women's ice hockey teams, which compete inECAC Hockey.[2] Colgate is part ofNCAADivision I for all varsity sports.
Approximately 25% of students are involved in a varsity sport, and 80% of students are involved in some form of varsity, club, or intramural athletics.[3] There are 25 varsity teams, over 30 club sports teams, and 18 different intramural sports.[4]
Starting in 1932, Colgate athletics teams were called the "Red Raiders" in reference to the new maroon uniforms of that season's"undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited" football team, which was the first to use the moniker.[5] Apocryphal explanations for the name include the team's ability to defeat its much larger rival, theCornell UniversityBig Red, or that a rainstorm caused one Colgate football team's maroon jerseys to blend into a reddish color.[6] Regardless, after the adoption of aNative American mascot, the school debated changing the name and mascot in the 1970s out of sensitivity toNative Americans. At that time the nickname was retained, but the mascot was changed to a hand holding a torch.[6] In 2001, the administration acknowledged concerns that the adjective "Red" still had a Native American implication, and the school shortened the nickname to the "Raiders" starting in the 2001–02 school year.[7] A new mascot was introduced in 2006.
Colgate University's football team was selected to share the 1932national championship byParke H. Davis in 1933[8] and appeared in theAssociated Press top-level polls in 1942 and 1977. The1932 team was "unbeaten, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited", as it registered shutouts against all nine opponents, but was not invited to the 1933 Rose Bowl.[9] Colgate began playing in NCAA Division I-AA, now known as Division I FCS, in 1982 and made the Division I-AA (now FCS) football playoffs in 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, and 2005.[10]
In the 2003 season, the Raiders made it to the NCAA I-AA championship game in football for the first time, where they lost to theUniversity of Delaware. At the end of the season, their record was 15–1.[11] At the time, they had the longest winning streak in all of Division I football, including one win over aDivision I-A (now Division I FBS) team,Buffalo.[12]
.jpg)
.jpg)
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Basketball | Basketball |
| Cross Country | Cross Country |
| Football | Field Hockey |
| Golf | Ice Hockey |
| Ice Hockey | Lacrosse |
| Lacrosse | Rowing |
| Rowing | Soccer |
| Soccer | Softball |
| Swimming | Swimming |
| Tennis | Tennis |
| Track and field1 | Track and field1 |
| Volleyball | |
| 1 – includes both indoor and outdoor. | |
Cornell is a common rival in all sports; hockey games against Cornell are major events on campus, with students lining up for hours before the game in order to secure tickets.[14] Colgate's teams (with the exception of football, golf, and men's hockey) also compete annually againstSyracuse University. Cornell and Syracuse are both within two hours of Colgate's campus. Colgate and Syracuse were once bitter rivals in football (there are some old traditions related to their games),[15] but a variety of factors, including the splitting of Division I football into Division I FBS and Division I FCS in the late 1970s, helped end the annual game, with some exceptions (such as 2010) over the years.[16]
Located in:Hamilton, New York | |||||
| Buildings | |||||
| Athletics |
| ||||
| People | |||||
| Media | |||||
| |||||
.jpg)
