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American college football season
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.
Schedule
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.
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:30 p.m. | at
UConn* | | |
SNY | L 20–27 | 24,435 |
September 9 | Noon | at
Bucknell | | |
STADIUM | W 20–0 | 1,987 |
September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9
New Hampshire* | | |
Charter TV3 | W 51–26 | 7,906 |
September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at
Dartmouth* | No. 25 | |
ILN | L 26–27 OT | 7,094 |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. |
Lafayette | | - Fitton Field
- Worcester, MA
| Charter TV3 | L 7–10 | 7,764 |
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. |
Monmouth* | | - Fitton Field
- Worcester, MA
| Charter TV3 | L 36–48 | 4,484 |
October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at
Yale* | | | ILN | L 0–32 | 8,709 |
October 21 | Noon |
Colgate | | - Fitton Field
- Worcester, MA
| STADIUM | L 7–45 | 6,784 |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. |
Georgetown | | - Fitton Field
- Worcester, MA
| Charter TV3 | W 24–10 | 9,063 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at
Fordham | | | STADIUM | W 42–20 | 5,467 |
November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at
Lehigh | | | STADIUM | L 21–34 | 7,247 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Eastern time
|
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
|
4 | OT |
Total |
No. 25 Crusaders
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
6 | 6 |
26 |
Big Green
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
0 | 7 |
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
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | — | — | 25 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | — | — | — | 25 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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