2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League. They were 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. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferencePatriot League
2017 record4–7 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
  • Tom Gilmore (14th season, fired after 7 games)
    Brian Rock (interim)
Offensive coordinatorBrian Rock
Defensive coordinatorMike Kashurba
Home stadiumFitton Field
(Capacity: 23,500)
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

The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Crusaders will host Patriot League foes Lafayette, Colgate, and Georgetown, and will travel to Bucknell, Fordham, and Lehigh.

In 2017, Holy Cross will play 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

Game summaries

at UConn

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

at Bucknell

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

New Hampshire

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

at Dartmouth

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

Lafayette

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

Monmouth

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

at Yale

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

Colgate

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

Georgetown

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

at Fordham

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

at Lehigh

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

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR NR NR 25 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches NR NR NR 25 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

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