1953 Colgate Red Raiders football team

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.

1953 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–2
Head coach	Hal Lahar (2nd season)
Captain	Gary Chandler
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–27	14,000	^[3]
October 3	No. 20 Holy Cross	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 6–19	6,000	^[4]
October 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 26–28	12,000	^[5]
October 17	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–14	12,000	^[6]
October 24	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 7–7	25,000	^[7]
October 31	at Rutgers	Rutgers Sadium Piscataway, NJ	W 33–13	7,500	^[8]
November 7	Bucknell	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 19–12	2,700	^[9]
November 14	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 18–34	37,000	^[10]
November 26	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	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.