1982 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1982 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate ranked No. 9 nationally and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinal round.

1982 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Mark Owens
  • Dave Wolf
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Delaware ^    12 2 0
No. 4 Tennessee State ^    10 1 1
No. 13 Holy Cross    8 3 0
James Madison    8 3 0
No. 9 Colgate ^    8 4 0
No. 20 Lafayette    7 3 0
Nicholls State    7 4 0
No. 18 Northwestern State    6 5 0
Western Kentucky    5 5 0
Bucknell    4 6 0
Lehigh    4 6 0
Southeastern Louisiana    4 7 0
Northeastern    3 6 0
William & Mary    3 8 0
Richmond    0 10 0
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee

In its seventh season under head coach Frederick Dunlap, the team compiled a 8–4 record (7–3 regular season). Dave Wolf and Mark Owens were the team captains.

This was Colgate's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1890.

A five-game winning streak to open the campaign put the Red Raiders in the weekly national rankings in their first year in Division I-AA, rising as high as No. 2. A three-game losing streak then bounced them out of the rankings, but Colgate finished the year at No. 9 and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs, where it lost in the quarterfinals.

The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.

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