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1952 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainDonald Main
Home stadium Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons
←  1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hal Lahar, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 195 to 107. Donald Main was the team captain. [1] [2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Cornell
W 14–7 14,000 [3]
October 4at Buffalo
W 13–0 11,000 [4]
October 11 Rutgers
W 13–7 6,000 [5]
October 18at Harvard
L 20–21 14,000 [6]
October 25at Bucknell
W 28–0 12,000 [7]
November 1 Mississippi College
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 53–12 5,000 [8]
November 8at No. 20 Holy Cross
L 7–13 10,000 [9]
November 15at No. 13 Syracuse
L 14–20 38,000 [10]
November 29at Brown
W 33–27 7,000 [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. ^ "1952 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Warner, Dave (September 28, 1952). "Raiders Upset Cornell, 14-7; Owens Scores on 100-Yard Run". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Colgate Squeezes Past Buffalo Eleven, 13-0". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. October 5, 1952. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ O'Rourke, Joe (October 12, 1952). "Colgate's Red Raiders Score 13-7 Victory over Rutgers". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harvard Topples Colgate, 21 to 20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. United Press. October 19, 1952. p. S1.
  7. ^ O'Gara, Frank (October 26, 1952). "Colgate Halts Bucknell, 28-0, After 17 in a Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Meixell, John (November 2, 1952). "Colgate Beats Mississippi by 53-12 Score". Tampa Sunday Tribune. Tampa, Fla. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1952). "H.C. Defeats Colgate, 13-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Warner, Dave (November 16, 1952). "Orange Checks Raider Rally". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 28, 1952). "Colgate Defeats Brown; Red Raiders Down Bruins, 33-27, on Lalla's Fourth-Quarter Aerial". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.
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