2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as a member of the Patriot League during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross was led by 14th-year head coach Tom Gilmore for the first seven games of the season before he was fired following a 2–5 start. Offensive coordinator Brian Rock was named interim head coach for the final four games. The team finished the season with an overall record of 4–7 and a mark of 3–3 in Patriot League play to place three-way tie for third. The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–7 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Rock (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Kashurba (4th season)
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colgate +   5 1     7 4  
Lehigh +^   5 1     5 7  
Holy Cross   3 3     4 7  
Fordham   3 3     4 7  
Lafayette   3 3     3 8  
Bucknell   2 4     5 6  
Georgetown   0 6     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

Schedule

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The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and six away games. The Crusaders hosted Patriot League foes Lafayette, Colgate, and Georgetown. They traveled to Bucknell, Fordham, and Lehigh.

In 2017, Holy Cross played non-conference opponents UConn of the American Athletic Conference, New Hampshire of the Colonial Athletic Association, Dartmouth and Yale of the Ivy League, and Monmouth of the Big South Conference.[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:30 p.m.at UConn*SNYL 20–2724,435
September 9Noonat BucknellSTADIUMW 20–01,987
September 161:00 p.m.No. 9 New Hampshire*Charter TV3W 51–267,906
September 237:00 p.m.at Dartmouth*No. 25ILNL 26–27 OT7,094
September 301:00 p.m.Lafayette 
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Charter TV3L 7–107,764
October 71:00 p.m.Monmouth*
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Charter TV3L 36–484,484
October 141:00 p.m.at Yale*ILNL 0–328,709
October 21NoonColgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
STADIUML 7–456,784
October 281:00 p.m.Georgetown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Charter TV3W 24–109,063
November 41:00 p.m.at FordhamSTADIUMW 42–205,467
November 1112:30 p.m.at LehighSTADIUML 21–347,247
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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At UConn

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 3 17 0 0 20
Huskies 7 0 7 13 27

At Bucknell

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 10 3 7 0 20
Bison 0 0 0 0 0

New Hampshire

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Wildcats 7 0 12 7 26
Crusaders 3 13 21 14 51

At Dartmouth

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1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 25 Crusaders 0 14 0 66 26
Big Green 7 6 7 07 27

Lafayette

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 7 3 10
Crusaders 0 7 0 0 7

Monmouth

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 21 20 7 48
Crusaders 3 14 0 19 36

At Yale

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 0 0 0
Bulldogs 3 22 7 0 32

Colgate

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 7 10 21 7 45
Crusaders 7 0 0 0 7

Georgetown

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 3 0 7 0 10
Crusaders 0 13 0 11 24

At Fordham

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 7 0 14 21
Mountain Hawks 14 0 10 10 34

At Lehigh

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 7 0 14 21
Mountain Hawks 14 0 10 10 34

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS25RV
Coaches25RV

References

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  1. ^ "Football - 2017 Schedule". Holy Cross Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2017.