| 1987Colgate Red Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Colonial League |
| Record | 7–4 (2–2 Colonial) |
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| Home stadium | Andy Kerr Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1Holy Cross $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1987 Colgate Red Raiders football team was anAmerican football team that representedColgate University during the1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate finished third in theColonial League.
In its 12th and final season under head coachFrederick Dunlap, the team compiled a 7–4 record.Kenny Gamble and Kyle Warwick were the team captains.[1]
Despite posting a winning record, the Red Raiders finished exactly even on the scoresheet, scoring 236 points and allowing 236 points over the course of the season. Colgate's 2–2 conference record placed third in the six-team Colonial League standings.[2]
The Red Raiders spent two weeks in thenational top 20 rankings, reaching No. 13 in the poll released September 22 and No. 11 on September 29, but then fell out of the rankings and were not ranked at season's end.
The team played its home games atAndy Kerr Stadium inHamilton, New York.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 5 | atDuke* | L 6–41 | 18,300 | [3] | |||
| September 12 | Bucknell | W 31–28 | 3,500 | [4] | |||
| September 19 | No. 9William & Mary* |
| W 19–7 | 3,800 | [5] | ||
| September 26 | atCornell* | W 27–3 | 18,000 | [6] | |||
| October 3 | at No. 1Holy Cross | L 7–49 | 20,211 | [7] | |||
| October 10 | Lehigh |
| L 6–7 | 6,200 | [8] | ||
| October 17 | atArmy* | W 22–20 | 40,578 | [9] | |||
| October 24 | atSyracuse* | L 6–52 | 48,097 | [10] | |||
| October 31 | atLafayette | W 35–14 | 6,700 | [11] | |||
| November 7 | atPrinceton* | W 39–15 | 8,653 | [12] | |||
| November 14 | Boston University* |
| W 38–0 | 3,500 | [13] | ||
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