2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represents the College of the Holy Cross in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Crusaders, led by first-year head coach Bob Chesney, play their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 5–6, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place.

2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferencePatriot League
2018 record5–6 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Murphy (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorScott James (1st season)
Home stadiumFitton Field
(Capacity: 23,500)
2018 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Colgate $^  6 0     10 2  
Holy Cross  4 2     5 6  
Georgetown  4 2     5 6  
Lehigh  2 4     3 8  
Lafayette  2 4     3 8  
Fordham  2 4     2 9  
Bucknell  1 5     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Crusaders began the 2017 season 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.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Crusaders predicted to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Colgate71 (11)
2Lehigh63 (3)
3Fordham45
4Holy Cross40
T–5Bucknell31
T–5Lafayette31
7Georgetown13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Crusaders placed four players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:00 p.m.at ColgateStadiumL 17–245,304
September 81:00 p.m.at Boston College*ACCN ExtraL 14–6240,311
September 151:00 p.m.Yale*Charter TV3W 31–28 OT7,397
September 221:00 p.m.Dartmouth*
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Charter TV3L 14–347,175
September 291:00 p.m.Bucknell
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Charter TV3L 16–198,275
October 61:00 p.m.at New Hampshire*NBC Sports BostonL 0–286,497
October 127:00 p.m.at Harvard*ESPN+L 31–3310,056
October 271:00 p.m.Lehigh
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Charter TV3W 56–01,779
November 312:30 p.m.at LafayetteW 40–143,914
November 1012:00 p.m.Fordham
StadiumW 17–132,988
November 1712:30 p.m.at GeorgetownW 32–311,803
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

at Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 3 14 17
Raiders 14 10 0 0 24

at Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 7 7 14
Eagles 21 13 14 14 62

Yale

1 2 3 4OT Total
Bulldogs 21 7 0 00 28
Crusaders 14 0 0 143 31

Dartmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Green 3 17 7 7 34
Crusaders 0 0 0 14 14

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 6 6 7 19
Crusaders 7 0 0 9 16

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 0 0 0
Wildcats 14 0 14 0 28

at Harvard

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 7 7 17 31
Crimson 9 11 10 3 33

Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 0 0 0 0
Crusaders 7 21 14 14 56

at Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 17 23 0 40
Leopards 14 0 0 0 14

Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 3 0 3 13
Crusaders 0 0 14 3 17

at Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 5 0 7 20 32
Hoyas 7 17 7 0 31

References

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