Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 26 | at Cornell | | L 7–27 | 14,000 | [3]
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October 3 | No. 20 Holy Cross | | L 6–19 | 6,000 | [4]
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October 10 | at Harvard | | L 26–28 | 12,000 | [5]
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October 17 | at Dartmouth | | W 24–14 | 12,000 | [6]
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October 24 | at Yale | | T 7–7 | 25,000 | [7]
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October 31 | at Rutgers | | W 33–13 | 7,500 | [8]
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November 7 | Bucknell | - Colgate Athletic Field
- Hamilton, NY
| W 19–12 | 2,700 | [9]
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November 14 | at Syracuse | | L 18–34 | 37,000 | [10]
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November 26 | at Brown | | T 7–7 | 12,000 | [11]
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- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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- ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "1953 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Cornell Turns Back Colgate Eleven, 27-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 27, 1953. p. S1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 11, 1953). "Harvard Thwarts Colgate, 28 to 26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Peters, Seaver (October 18, 1953). "Colgate Passes Top Dartmouth, 24-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Griffith, Owen (October 25, 1953). "Colgate Rallies to Gain Tie with Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Warner, Dave (November 15, 1953). "Syracuse Whips Colgate, 34-18". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 27, 1953). "Colgate Deadlocks Brown with Touchdown in Last Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.