1952 Colgate Red Raiders football team

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.

1952 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Hal Lahar (1st season)
Captain	Donald Main
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

1952 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 14–7	14,000	[3]
October 4	at Buffalo	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 13–0	11,000	[4]
October 11	Rutgers	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 13–7	6,000	[5]
October 18	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 20–21	14,000	[6]
October 25	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 28–0	12,000	[7]
November 1	Mississippi College	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 53–12	5,000	[8]
November 8	at No. 20 Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–13	10,000	[9]
November 15	at No. 13 Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 14–20	38,000	[10]
November 29	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	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.