1953 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–2
Head coach
CaptainGary Chandler
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its second season under head coach Hal Lahar, the team compiled a 3–4–2 record and was outscored by a total of 161 to 147. Gary Chandler was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Cornell
L 7–27 14,000 [3]
October 3 No. 20 Holy Cross
L 6–19 6,000 [4]
October 10at Harvard
L 26–28 12,000 [5]
October 17at Dartmouth
W 24–14 12,000 [6]
October 24at Yale
T 7–7 25,000 [7]
October 31at Rutgers
W 33–13 7,500 [8]
November 7Bucknell
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 19–12 2,700 [9]
November 14at Syracuse
L 18–34 37,000 [10]
November 26at Brown
T 7–7 12,000 [11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1953 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Cornell Turns Back Colgate Eleven, 27-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 27, 1953. p. S1.
  4. ^ Keane, Clif (October 4, 1953). "Holy Cross 19-6 Victor at Colgate". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Running, Passing of Haley Spark Holy Cross 19-6 Win over Colgate". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. October 4, 1953. p. 3D.
  5. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 11, 1953). "Harvard Thwarts Colgate, 28 to 26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Peters, Seaver (October 18, 1953). "Colgate Passes Top Dartmouth, 24-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Griffith, Owen (October 25, 1953). "Colgate Rallies to Gain Tie with Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Burns, Joe (November 1, 1953). "Rutgers Beaten 33-13; Longest Losing Streak Since 1936". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lalla's Passes, Spalik's Runs Lead Colgate Past Bucknell". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. United Press. November 8, 1953. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Warner, Dave (November 15, 1953). "Syracuse Whips Colgate, 34-18". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 27, 1953). "Colgate Deadlocks Brown with Touchdown in Last Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.
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