2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference Patriot League
Record6–5 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Chris Pincince (2nd season)
Captains
  • Gideon Akande
  • John O'Neil
  • Steve Silva
Home stadium Fitton Field
Seasons
←  2004
2006  →
2005 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 Lafayette +^  5 –1   8 –4  
No. 23 Colgate +^  5 –1   8 –4  
Lehigh  4 –2   8 –3  
Holy Cross  3 –3   6 –5  
Georgetown  2 –4   4 –7  
Fordham  2 –4   2 –9  
Bucknell  0 –6   1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished fourth in the Patriot League.

In their second year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 6–5 record. Gideon Akande, John O'Neil and Steve Silva were the team captains. [1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 317 to 263. Holy Cross' 3–3 conference placed fourth out of seven in the Patriot League standings. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3 Sacred Heart *
W 56–21 4,731 [3]
September 10 Georgetown Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 48–6 8,912 [4]
September 17 No. 19 Harvard Dagger-14-plain.png*
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 21–31 8,238 [5]
September 24 at No. 6 Delaware *
L 23–35 22,025 [6]
October 1 at Yale *
W 22–19 12,793 [7]
October 8 at No. 10 Lehigh
W 13–10 5,713 [8]
October 15 Dartmouth *
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–16 3,011 [9]
October 22 Colgate^
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 14–27 11,236 [10]
October 29 at Fordham
L 20–24 5,771 [11]
November 12 Lafayette
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 21–41 6,179 [12]
November 19 at Bucknell
W 51–33 3,120 [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 126. 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. 10. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Holy Cross Beats Sacred Heart". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 4, 2005. pp. E9, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Toland, Jennifer (September 11, 2005). "More Purple Reign as HC Rolls". Telegram & Gazette . Worcester, Mass. p. D1 – via NewsBank.
  5. ↑ Benjamin, Amalie (September 18, 2005). "Call for Backup Works". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Tresolini, Kevin (September 25, 2005). "Hens Take Their Time: UD Starts Slowly, Surges Late to Beat Holy Cross". Sunday News Journal . Wilmington, Del. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Atlantic 10 Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. September 25, 2005. p. C19.
  7. ↑ Toland, Jennifer (October 2, 2005). "More Shining Silva Fuels Crusader Win". Telegram & Gazette . Worcester, Mass. p. D1 – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 2, 2005. p. C22.
  8. ↑ Groller, Keith (October 9, 2005). "Holy Cross Slides by Lehigh in Opener". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. CC1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "New England College Football Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 9, 2005. p. D20.
  9. ↑ Toland, Jennifer (October 16, 2005). "Silva's Good as Gold: HC's Do-It-All Back Piles Up 353 Yards". Telegram & Gazette . Worcester, Mass. p. D1 – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 16, 2005. p. C19.
  10. ↑ Ballou, Bill (October 23, 2005). "Scott Bulldozes HC; Freshman Shines as Colgate Dominates". Telegram & Gazette . Worcester, Mass. p. D1 – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in "New England Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 23, 2005. p. C20.
  11. ↑ Thomson, Josh (October 30, 2005). "Fordham Scores Late for First Win". The Journal News . White Plains, N.Y. pp. 13C, 12C – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Miller, Stephen (November 13, 2005). "Lafayette Gets Offensive with HC". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C12 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "New England Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 13, 2005. p. C21.
  13. ↑ Courogen, Chris A. (November 20, 2005). "Silva Carries Crusaders to Win". Telegram & Gazette . Worcester, Mass. p. D1 – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in "New England Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 20, 2005. p. C21.
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