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1935 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1935 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 7–3 record, shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 224 to 29. Charles Wasicek was the team captain.[1][2]

1935 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainCharles Wasicek
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Princeton – 9–0–0
No. 14 Holy Cross – 9–0–1
NYU – 7–1–0
Dartmouth – 8–2–0
Northeastern – 5–0–3
Syracuse – 6–1–1
No. 10 Pittsburgh – 7–1–2
No. 11 Fordham – 6–1–2
Villanova – 7–2–0
Franklin & Marshall – 7–2–1
Providence – 6–2–0
No. 18 Army – 6–2–1
Colgate – 7–3–0
Temple – 7–3–0
Boston College – 6–3–0
Bucknell – 6–3–0
Duquesne – 6–3–0
Yale – 6–3–0
CCNY – 4–3–0
Manhattan – 5–3–1
Massachusetts State – 5–4–0
La Salle – 4–4–1
Penn – 4–4–0
Penn State – 4–4–0
Columbia – 4–4–1
Vermont – 4–5–0
Boston University – 3–4–2
Harvard – 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech – 2–5–1
Buffalo – 2–6–0
Tufts – 1–5–2
Brown – 1–8–0
Cornell – 0–6–1
Rankings from United Press

On October 5, 1935, Colgate played a unique "triangular" match against St. Lawrence and Amherst. Each team played 30 minutes against the other two teams. Colgate won both of its games.[3]

The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Niagara
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 30–03,000[4]
October 5St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 31–06,000[3]
October 5Amherst
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 12–06,000[3]
October 12at Iowa
L 6–12
October 19at Lafayette
W 52–0
October 26at Holy Cross
L 0–3
November 2at Tulane
L 6–1420,000[5]
November 16at Syracuse
W 27–032,000
November 22at Rutgers
W 27–010,000[6]
November 30at Brown
W 33–0

References

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  1. ↑ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "1935 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Colgate Whips St. Lawrence, Amherst in Unique Grid Bill". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 5, 1935. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Colgate Raiders Ride Over Niagara, 30 To 0". Daily News. New York, New York. Associated Press. September 29, 1935. p. 85. Retrieved August 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Tulane's Greene Wave engulfs Colgate's Red Raiders, 14 to 6, at New Orleans". Democrat and Chronicle. November 3, 1935. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Raiders give 27–0 licking to Rutgers". Democrat and Chronicle. November 24, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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