2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference Patriot League
Record7–4 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy McKenzie (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Richard Rodgers Sr. (3rd season)
Captains
  • Daryl Brown
  • Dominic Randolph
Home stadium Fitton Field
Seasons
←  2007
2009  →
2008 Patriot League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Colgate $^ 5–0  9–3 
Holy Cross  5–1  7–4 
Lehigh  4–2  5–6 
Lafayette  3–3  7–4 
Bucknell  2–4  5–6 
Fordham  1–5  5–6 
Georgetown  0–5  2–8 
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.

In their fifth year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. Daryl Brown and Dominic Randolph were the team captains. [1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 378 to 284. Their 5–1 conference record placed just half a game behind first place 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 6 No. 4 UMass Dagger-14-plain.png*
L 42–45 12,781 [3]
September 19 at Harvard *
L 24–25 20,462 [4]
September 27 at Georgetown
W 38–14 2,233 [5]
October 4 at Yale *
L 28–31 2OT 14,512 [6]
October 11 Brown *
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 41–34 7,493 [7]
October 18 at Dartmouth *
W 44–26 7,518 [8]
October 25 Lehigh^
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 35–21 11,558 [9]
November 1 Bucknell
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 34–17 [1]
November 8 Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
W 38–17 6,277 [10]
November 15 at Lafayette
W 27–26 7,439 [11]
November 22 at No. 21 Colgate
L 27–28 4,862 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 11. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Toland, Jennifer (September 7, 2008). "Last-Minute Win for Minutemen; Cuko Drills Field Goal to Topple Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Matson, Barbara (September 20, 2008). "Pizzotti, Harvard Rally Past Crusaders". The Boston Globe . Boston, Mass. p. E8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Standig, Benjamin (September 28, 2008). "Randolph Airs It Out as Crusaders Roll on Road". Telegram & Gazette . Worcester, Mass. p. C7 – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in "Colleges: Football". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. September 28, 2008. p. C15.
  6. ↑ Toland, Jennifer (October 5, 2008). "Another Heartbreaker for HC; Yale Wins on FG in Second Overtime". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Toland, Jennifer (October 12, 2008). "Crusaders Win Air Show". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Wood, Bruce (October 19, 2008). "From Start, There's No Stopping Kielt". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Holy Cross Comes Back to Top Lehigh in 4th". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. October 26, 2008. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Holy Cross Soars Past Rams, 38-17". The Journal News . White Plains, N.Y. November 9, 2008. pp. 9C, 11C – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Reinhard, Paul (November 16, 2008). "Lafayette's Bid for Championship Ends on Hail Mary". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Austin, Kyle (November 23, 2008). "Colgate Headed for Playoffs After Comeback Win". The Post-Standard . Syracuse, N.Y. p. C1 – via NewsBank.
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