1982 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 8–3 |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Mark Duffner (2nd season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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No. 3 Delaware ^ | – | 12 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Tennessee State ^ | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Holy Cross | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Colgate ^ | – | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Lafayette | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Northwestern State | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | – | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1982 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
In their second year under head coach Rick E. Carter, the Crusaders compiled an 8–3 record. Terry Malone and Doug O'Donnell were the team captains. [1]
This was the Crusaders' first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1896.
A four-game winning streak to open the campaign put Holy Cross in the weekly national rankings in its first year in Division I-AA, rising as high as No. 4. The Crusaders ended the year ranked No. 13, following a rivalry loss to Tangerine Bowl-bound Boston College of Division I-A.
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 11 | New Hampshire |
| W 28–0 | 12,651 | [2] | |||
September 18 | UMass |
| W 27–14 | 13,251 | [3] | |||
September 25 | Dartmouth ![]() | No. 6 |
| W 28–12 | 18,861 | [4] | ||
October 2 | at Yale | No. 5 | W 10–6 | 19,200 | [5] | |||
October 9 | at No. 6 Colgate | No. 4 | L 17–21 | 10,000 | [6] | |||
October 16 | Connecticut | No. 9 |
| W 10–7 | 11,441 | [7] | ||
October 23 | at Brown | No. 9 | W 17–6 | 15,100 | [8] | |||
October 30 | at Boston University | No. 6 | W 34–21 | 9,130 | [9] | |||
November 6 | Harvard^ | No. 7 |
| L 17–24 | 20,681 | [10] | ||
November 13 | Maine |
| W 21–7 | 11,111 | [11] | |||
November 20 | at Boston College | No. 14 | L 10–35 | 32,800 | [12] | |||
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