1936 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1936 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 199 to 67. George Vadas was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1936 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Vadas
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm     6 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
No. 10 Penn     7 1 0
No. 12 Yale     7 1 0
No. 13 Dartmouth     7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 1
No. 14 Duquesne     8 2 0
Boston College     6 1 2
Boston University     5 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     5 1 2
Holy Cross     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Drexel     6 3 0
Temple     6 3 2
La Salle     6 3 1
Buffalo     5 3 0
Columbia     5 3 0
Princeton     4 2 2
Saint Vincent     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 4 0
Northeastern     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
CCNY     4 4 0
Tufts     3 3 1
Harvard     3 4 1
Cornell     3 5 0
Penn State     3 5 0
Westminster (PA)     2 4 1
Brown     3 7 0
Carnegie Tech     2 6 0
Massachusetts State     2 6 0
Providence     1 7 0
Syracuse     1 7 0
Vermont     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at DukeL 0–622,360
October 3Ursinus
W 54–0
October 10St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 26–6
October 17vs. TulaneL 6–2818,000[3]
October 24Lafayette
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 41–0
October 31at No. 6 ArmyW 14–7
November 7at Holy CrossL 13–20
November 21at SyracuseW 13–020,000
November 28at Brown
W 32–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1936 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Green Wave rolls over Red Raiders at Polo Grounds". Brooklyn Times Union. October 18, 1936. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.