1936 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1936 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 199 to 67. George Vadas was the team captain.^[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1936 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (8th season)
Captain	George Vadas
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–6	22,360
October 3	Ursinus	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 54–0
October 10	St. Lawrence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 26–6
October 17	vs. Tulane	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 6–28	18,000	^[3]
October 24	Lafayette	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 41–0
October 31	at No. 6 Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 14–7
November 7	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 13–20
November 21	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 13–0	20,000
November 28	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 32–0
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. "1936 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Green Wave rolls over Red Raiders at Polo Grounds". Brooklyn Times Union. October 18, 1936. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.