HAMILTON, N.Y. — Derek Robertson rallied after throwing four interceptions, leading FCS No. 22-ranked Monmouth to five straight second-half touchdowns and a 42-39 win over Colgate in the season opener Friday night.

The opener marked the debut of first-year Colgate coach Curt Fitzpatrick, in his first game as an FCS head coach, facing the longest-tenured FCS coach in Monmouth’s Kevin Callahan, a former Colgate assistant who took over the Hawks in 1992.

Colgate, which won its last three meetings with the Hawks, led by as many as 24 points early in the second half as Monmouth's Robertson threw his first interception three minutes into the game and his fourth midway through the third quarter, which the Raiders turned into an eight-play, 80-yard drive to take a 24-7 lead at the break and adde

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