2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

American college football season

2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football

Conference	Patriot League
Record	4–7 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach	Tom Gilmore (14th season; first 7 games) Brian Rock (interim, final 4 games)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Rock (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Kashurba (4th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons← 2016 2018 →

2017 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Colgate +	5	–	1	7	–	4
Lehigh +^	5	–	1	5	–	7
Holy Cross	3	–	3	4	–	7
Fordham	3	–	3	4	–	7
Lafayette	3	–	3	3	–	8
Bucknell	2	–	4	5	–	6
Georgetown	0	–	6	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant

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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:30 p.m.	at UConn*		Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	SNY	L 20–27	24,435
September 9	Noon	at Bucknell		Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	STADIUM	W 20–0	1,987
September 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 New Hampshire*		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Charter TV3	W 51–26	7,906
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Dartmouth*	No. 25	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ILN	L 26–27	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*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	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		Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)	STADIUM	W 42–20	5,467
November 11	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	3	17	0	0	20
Huskies	7	0	7	13	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	10	3	7	0	20
Bison	0	0	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Wildcats	7	0	12	7	26
Crusaders	3	13	21	14	51

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 25 Crusaders	0	14	0	6	6	26
Big Green	7	6	7	0	7	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	0	7	3	10
Crusaders	0	7	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	21	20	7	48
Crusaders	3	14	0	19	36

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0
Bulldogs	3	22	7	0	32

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	7	10	21	7	45
Crusaders	7	0	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	3	0	7	0	10
Crusaders	0	13	0	11	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	7	0	14	21
Mountain Hawks	14	0	10	10	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	7	0	14	21
Mountain Hawks	14	0	10	10	34

v t e Holy Cross Crusaders football
Venues	Worcester College Grounds (1896–1902) Worcester Oval (1897–1902) Fitton Field (1903–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1946 Orange Bowl Boston College Fordham: Ram–Crusader Cup Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	The Crusader "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!" Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band 2021 Patriot League Football Championship Game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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