1948 Colgate Red Raiders football team

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1948
Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Army     8 0 1
Penn State     7 1 1
Buffalo     6 1 1
Villanova     8 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Boston College     5 2 2
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 3 1
CCNY     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Colgate     3 6 0
Fordham     3 6 0
NYU     3 6 0
Temple     2 6 1
Duquesne     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech
    1 7 0
Hofstra
    0 6 2
Bucknell     1 8 0
Syracuse     1 8 0
Drexel     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Paul Bixler, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 196 to 133. Thomas Zetkov was the team captain.[1][2]

Colgate was ranked at No. 94 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]

The team played its home games at

Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York
.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25
Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
  • W 25–0 7,000 [4]
    October 2at RutgersL 19–3416,000 [5]
    October 9at Boston UniversityL 13–144,598 [6]
    October 16at DartmouthL 16–4112,000 [7]
    October 23at Holy CrossW 14–1312,000 [8]
    October 30 No. 12 Penn State
    • Colgate Athletic Field
    • Hamilton, NY
    L 13–3210,000 [9]
    November 6at CornellL 6–1418,000[10]
    November 13at SyracuseW 20–1336,232 [11]
    November 25at
    Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
  • L 7–3520,000 [12]
    • 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. ^ "1948 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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    7. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 17, 1948). "Dartmouth Trips Colgate by 41-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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    12. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 26, 1948). "Brown's Superiority in Air Brings Decisive Triumph Over Colgate Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 35.