2000 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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2000 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference Patriot League
Record7–4 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • David Puloka
  • Patrick Quay
Home stadium Fitton Field
Seasons
  1999
2001  
2000 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Lehigh $^  6 0   12 1  
Colgate  4 2   7 4  
Holy Cross  4 2   7 4  
Towson  3 3   7 4  
Bucknell  2 4   6 5  
Fordham  1 5   3 8  
Lafayette  1 5   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.

In their fifth year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. David Puloka and Patrick Quay were the team captains. [1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 245 to 223. Their 4–2 conference record placed second in the seven-team Patriot League standings. [2]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9 at Georgetown *W 38–22 2,789 [3]
September 16 at Harvard *W 27–25 7,406 [4]
September 23 Towson W 17–14 7,856 [5]
September 30 at Yale *L 27–33 22,509 [6]
October 7 Penn Dagger-14-plain.png*
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 34–17 10,026 [7]
October 14 at Dartmouth *L 14–31 5,014 [8]
October 21 at Lafayette L 13–28 6,723 [9]
October 28 No. 12 Lehigh^
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 6–21 9,228 [10]
November 4 Bucknell
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 10–9 6,147 [11] [1]
November 11 at Colgate W 32–3 2,114 [12]
November 18 Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
W 27–20 9,147 [13]

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References

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  2. "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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  9. Meixell, Ted (October 22, 2000). "Motivated Lafayette Downs Holy Cross, 28-13". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C3 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Larimer, Terry (October 29, 2000). "Lehigh Defense Sparks 21-6 Win Over Holy Cross". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C2 via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "New England Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 29, 2000. p. D17.
  11. Holy Cross Athletics Department (March 30, 2001). "Holy Cross Team Game-by-Game Statistics". Archived from the original on July 21, 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2024 via Wayback Machine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. "Holy Cross 32, Colgate 3". Press & Sun-Bulletin . Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 12, 2000. pp. 6B, 7B via Newspapers.com.
  13. Chamberlain, Tony (November 19, 2000). "Green, Stewart Lift Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D17 via Newspapers.com.