Editing Colgate University (section)

== Athletics ==
[[File:Colgate Raiders (2020) logo.svg|left|upright|thumb|Official athletics logo]]
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{{See also|Colgate Raiders men's basketball|Colgate Raiders football|Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey|Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey|Colgate Raiders men's lacrosse}}

Approximately 25% of students are involved in a varsity sport, and 80% of students are involved in some form of varsity, club, or intramural athletics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colgate.edu/distinctly-colgate/athletics|title=About Colgate University|year=2008|publisher=Colgate Athletics|access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref> There are 25 varsity teams, over 30 club sports teams, and 18 different intramural sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colgate.edu/distinctly-colgate/athletics|title=Division I Athletics |publisher=Colgate University|access-date=2014-09-09}}</ref> Colgate is part of [[NCAA Division I]] for all varsity sports.

The [[college football|football]] program competes within the Division I [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Football Championship Subdivision]] (FCS). The athletic teams are nicknamed the "Raiders", and the traditional team colors are [[maroon (color)|maroon]] and white, with a more recent addition of gray in the 1970s. Maroon replaced [[orange (colour)|orange]] as the school's primary color on March 24, 1900.<ref>"Colgate University's New Colors", ''The New York Times'', Sunday, March 25, 1900.</ref> Colgate is a member of the [[Patriot League]] for all varsity sports except for [[ice hockey|hockey]], in which both its men's and women's teams are members of [[ECAC Hockey]].

Starting in 1932, Colgate athletics teams were called the "Red Raiders" in reference to the new maroon uniforms of that season's [[1932 Colgate Red Raiders football team|"undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited" football team]], which was the first to use the moniker.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,769729-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103204144/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,769729-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2012|title=Sport: Football, Oct. 31, 1932|date=1932-10-31|magazine=Time|access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref> Apocryphal explanations for the name include the team's ability to defeat its much larger rival, the [[Cornell University]] [[Cornell Big Red|Big Red]], or that a rainstorm caused one Colgate football team's maroon jerseys to blend into a reddish color.<ref name=danielson/> Regardless, after the adoption of a [[Native American mascot controversy|Native American mascot]], the school debated changing the name and mascot in the 1970s out of sensitivity to [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. At that time the nickname was retained, but the mascot was changed to a hand holding a torch.<ref name=danielson>{{Cite news| last =Danielson| first = Stentor| title =Editor's Column: Why Not A Pirate?| newspaper = Colgate Maroon-News| date =April 27, 2001| url =http://debitage.net/apology/com/ed042701.html}}</ref> In 2001, the administration acknowledged concerns that the adjective "Red" still had a Native American implication, and the school shortened the nickname to the "Raiders" starting in the 2001–02 school year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://patriotleague.org/sports/2016/6/13/genrel-081501aaa-html.aspx| title=Colgate To Drop 'Red' From Its Nickname Red Raiders|date=August 15, 2001|publisher=Patriot League|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> A new mascot was introduced in 2006.

Colgate University's football team was selected to share the 1932 [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championship]] by [[Parke H. Davis]] in 1933<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html |title=Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions |publisher=[[NCAA]] |access-date=2007-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704103516/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html |archive-date=2007-07-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and appeared in the [[Associated Press]] top-level polls in 1942 and 1977.  The [[1932 Colgate Red Raiders football team|1932 team]] was "unbeaten, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited", as it registered shutouts against all nine opponents, but was not invited to the 1933 Rose Bowl.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/14/sports/question-box.html|title=Question Box|last=Corio|first=Ray|date=1991-01-14|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref> Colgate began playing in NCAA Division I-AA, now known as Division I FCS, in 1982 and made the Division I-AA (now FCS) football playoffs in 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015 and, most recently, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/Pdfs/football/2006/7/26/THE%20HISTORY.pdf|title=Colgate Football: The History|access-date=2007-09-01}}</ref>

In the 2003 season, the Raiders made it to the NCAA I-AA championship game in football for the first time, where they lost to the [[University of Delaware]]. At the end of the season, their record was 15–1.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/20/sports/college-football-colgate-s-bid-for-perfection-hits-wall.html|title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Colgate's Bid for Perfection Hits Wall |last=Thamel|first=Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel |date=2003-12-20|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref> At the time, they had the longest winning streak in all of Division I football, including one win over a [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I-A]] (now Division I FBS) team, [[Buffalo Bulls|Buffalo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/sports/college-football-with-a-late-flurry-colgate-reaches-i-aa-semifinals.html|title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL; With a Late Flurry, Colgate Reaches I-AA Semifinals|last=Thamel|first=Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel |date=2003-12-07|newspaper=New York Times |access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref>

Cornell is a common rival in all sports; hockey games against Cornell are major events on campus, with students lining up for hours before the game in order to secure tickets.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.colgatealumni.org/s/801/scene_inside.aspx?sid=801&gid=1&pgid=1252|title=go 'gate|date=Winter 2009|publisher=Colgate Scene|access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref> Colgate's teams (with the exception of football, golf, and men's hockey) also compete annually against [[Syracuse University]]. Cornell and Syracuse are both within two hours of Colgate's campus. Colgate and Syracuse were once bitter rivals in football (there are some old traditions related to their games),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.syr.edu/exhibits/colgate.html|title=HOODOO! The Syracuse / Colgate Football Rivalry|last=Galvin|first=Hilary|publisher=Archives and Records Management, Syracuse University|access-date=2009-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609174542/http://archives.syr.edu/exhibits/colgate.html|archive-date=2010-06-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> but a variety of factors, including the splitting of Division I football into Division I FBS and Division I FCS in the late 1970s, helped end the annual game, with some exceptions (such as 2010) over the years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.syracuse.com/today/index.ssf/2009/05/syracuse_lacrosse_to_host_colg.html|title=Syracuse lacrosse to host Colgate in regular-season finale|date=2009-05-01|publisher=Syracuse.com|access-date=2009-08-20}}</ref>

=== Outdoor education ===
Colgate makes use of its rural location by having a full outdoor education program. A base camp is located on campus and allows students to rent equipment for skiing, camping, and other outdoor events.<ref>{{cite book|others=Yale Daily News|title=The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2008: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want To Know |publisher=Macmillan|year=2007|pages=587|isbn=978-0-312-36689-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGhozfiwCHwC&q=colgate%20%22outdoor%20education%22&pg=PA587|author1=News, Yale Daily}}</ref> Each year, twelve to fifteen students are selected to become staffers for Outdoor Education. The training takes more than six months and includes a [[Wilderness First Responder]] certification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/july2005/outdoors.html|title=The great outdoors|last=Costello|first=Rebecca|date=July 2005|publisher=Colgate Scene|access-date=2009-08-20|archive-date=2010-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726102728/http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/july2005/outdoors.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Incoming first-year students are offered a week-long trip called Wilderness Adventure, where they spend a week backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, tree climbing, caving or rock climbing in the [[Adirondacks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colgate.edu/campus-life/sports-and-recreation/outdoor-education/wilderness-adventure|title=Wilderness Adventure|publisher=Colgate University|access-date=2014-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195241/http://www.colgate.edu/campus-life/sports-and-recreation/outdoor-education/wilderness-adventure|archive-date=2014-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>