1938 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1938 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 63 to 39. Donald Wemple and John Lucy were the team captains.[1][2] The team played no home games.

1938 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Donald Wemple
  • John Lucy
Seasons
 1937
1939 
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech  600
No. 18 Villanova  801
No. 9 Holy Cross  810
Boston College  612
No. 15 Fordham  612
No. 12 Cornell  511
Army  820
No. 8 Pittsburgh  820
No. 6 Carnegie Tech  720
No. 20 Dartmouth  720
Vermont  421
Brown  530
Bucknell  530
Syracuse  530
CCNY  430
Penn  323
Manhattan  540
Harvard  440
La Salle  440
NYU  440
Boston University  341
Penn State  341
Princeton  341
Hofstra  231
Duquesne  460
Temple  361
Providence  350
Columbia  360
Massachusetts State  360
Colgate  250
Buffalo  260
Yale  260
Tufts  161
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at CornellL 6–15
October 8vs. DukeL 0–723,950
October 15at ColumbiaW 12–030,000[3]
October 22at IowaW 14–0
October 29at No. 14 Holy CrossL 0–21
November 5at SyracuseL 0–735,000[4]
November 11at NYUL 7–1325,000[5]
  • 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. "1938 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. Colgate Conquers Columbia
  4. "Syracuse Daily Orange Has a Record Edition". Elizabethtown Chronicle. Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. December 23, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved November 29, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Violets Trip Colgate, 13-7; Crush Rallies