2002 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2002 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate tied for the Patriot League championship but did not qualify for the national playoffs.

2002 Colgate Raiders football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
Record9–3 (6–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom McCune
  • Max Wynn
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
2002 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Fordham +^  6 1   10 3  
No. 25 Colgate +  6 1   9 3  
Lafayette  5 2   7 5  
Lehigh  4 3   8 4  
Towson  3 4   6 5  
Georgetown  2 5   5 6  
Holy Cross  2 5   4 8  
Bucknell  0 7   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In its seventh season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 9–3 record. Tom McCune and Max Wynn were the team captains.

The Raiders outscored opponents 301 to 203. Their 6–1 conference record tied atop the eight-team Patriot League standings. Co-champion Fordham, which had dealt Colgate its only loss in conference play, was selected to receive the Patriot League's automatic berth in the national Division I-AA playoffs. Unlike 1999, the last time the Patriot League had a tie for first place, in 2002 Colgate did not receive an at-large invitation to the playoffs.

From preseason to the last week of play, Colgate did not appear in the national Division I-AA top 25 rankings. After winning the co-championship, Colgate entered the rankings at No. 25 in the final poll of the year.

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

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