Colgate To Host First NCAA Playoff Game Since 2003

For the first time in 15 years, NCAA playoff football returns to Hamilton this weekend.

Colgate (9-1) will host James Madison University (9-3) on Saturday in the second round of the FCS Playoffs.

The 8th-seeded Raiders received a first-round bye, while James Madison beat Delaware, 20-6 in the opening round.

Colgate and JMU will meet in the second round for the second time in the last four years.  Colgate beat James Madison, 44-38 on the road to advance to the 2015 quarterfinals.

The Patriot League Champion Raiders are led by league Offensive Player of the Year, running back James Holland, Jr and Defense POY linebacker TJ Holl.  Coach Dan Hunt was named Dick Biddle Patriot League Coach of the Year.

Kick-off at Andy Kerr Stadium is set for 1:00.

The game will be televised on ESPN3.