1955 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1955 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Hal Lahar, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 107. Francis Angeline was the team captain.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

1955 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Hal Lahar (4th season)
Captain	Francis Angeline
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alfred			–					8	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					7	–	0	–	0
Juniata			–					8	–	0	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	6	–	1
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Temple			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Dartmouth	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 21–20	8,000	^[3]
October 1	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 21–6	17,000	^[4]
October 8	Holy Cross	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 14–15	6,000	^[5]
October 15	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 15–6	7,000	^[6]
October 22	at No. 19 Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 7–0	23,000	^[7]
October 29	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 7–27	24,700	^[8]
November 5	Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 35–7	6,800	^[9]
November 12	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 19–26	39,500	^[10]
November 24	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 25–0		^[1]
Homecoming 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. "1955 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Dartmouth Leads 20 to 0, Loses to Colgate, 21 to 20". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. September 25, 1955. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Strauss, Michael (October 2, 1955). "Red Raiders Trim Cornell, 21 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Keane, Clif (October 9, 1955). "Smithers Star as H.C. Outlasts Colgate 15-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 16, 1955). "Colgate Topples Princeton, 15 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Lee, Bill (October 23, 1955). "Colgate Hands Yale Eleven First Setback". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Young, Dick (October 30, 1955). "Holleder Big Gun as Army Rolls over Colgate, 27-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Deming Averages 8 Yards as Colgate Routs Bucknell". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 6, 1955. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
10. Natanson, Leroy (November 13, 1955). "Record 39,500 Fans See SU Nip Colgate". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.