1955 Colgate Red Raiders football team

American college football season

1955 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Hal Lahar (4th season)
Captain	Francis Angeline
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Hal Lahar, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 107. Francis Angeline was the team captain. The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Dartmouth	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 21–20	8,000
October 1	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 21–6	17,000
October 8	Holy Cross	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 14–15	6,000
October 15	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 15–6	7,000
October 22	at No. 19 Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 7–0	23,000
October 29	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 7–27	24,700
November 5	Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 35–7	6,800
November 12	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 19–26	39,500
November 24	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 25–0
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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"1955 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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Strauss, Michael (October 2, 1955). "Red Raiders Trim Cornell, 21 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Keane, Clif (October 9, 1955). "Smithers Star as H.C. Outlasts Colgate 15-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
Werden, Lincoln A. (October 16, 1955). "Colgate Topples Princeton, 15 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Lee, Bill (October 23, 1955). "Colgate Hands Yale Eleven First Setback". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
Young, Dick (October 30, 1955). "Holleder Big Gun as Army Rolls over Colgate, 27-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com.
"Deming Averages 8 Yards as Colgate Routs Bucknell". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 6, 1955. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
Natanson, Leroy (November 13, 1955). "Record 39,500 Fans See SU Nip Colgate". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.

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