2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

American college football season

2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football

Patriot League champion
Patriot League Football Championship Game, W 33–10 vs. Bucknell
NCAA Division I First Round, L 3–31 vs. South Dakota State
Conference	Patriot League
Division	North Division
Ranking
FCS Coaches	No. 25
Record	3–1 (2–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Bob Chesney (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Justin Roper (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Scott James (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons← 2019 2021 →

2020 Patriot League football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
Holy Cross $^	2	–	0	3	–	1
Fordham	2	–	1	2	–	1
Colgate	0	–	2	0	–	2
South Division
Bucknell	2	–	1	2	–	2
Lafayette	2	–	1	2	–	1
Lehigh	0	–	3	0	–	3
Championship: Holy Cross 33, Bucknell 10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Patriot League suspended the fall 2020 football season. Georgetown opted out of the spring football season. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Crusaders, led by third-year head coach Bob Chesney, played their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League.

On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.

Schedule

Holy Cross had game scheduled against Yale on September 19, Harvard on October 3, and Brown on October 10, which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
March 13	12:00 p.m.	at Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	ESPN+	W 20–3
March 27	1:00 p.m.	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (Ram–Crusader Cup)	ESPN+	W 34–24
April 10	5:00 p.m.	at Colgate	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	ESPN+	Canceled
April 17	2:00 p.m.	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA (Patriot League Championship Game)	CBSSN	W 33–10
April 24	3:00 p.m.	at No. 2 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 3–31
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

"Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus". ESPN.com. July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
Kelley, Kevin (February 5, 2021). "Patriot League releases Spring 2021 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
West, Jenna (July 8, 2020). "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
"2020 Holy Cross Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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

v t e Patriot League football champions
Holy Cross (1986) Holy Cross (1987) Lafayette (1988) Holy Cross (1989) Holy Cross (1990) Holy Cross (1991) Lafayette (1992) Lehigh (1993) Lafayette (1994) Lehigh (1995) Bucknell (1996) Colgate (1997) Lehigh (1998) Colgate & Lehigh (1999) Lehigh (2000) Lehigh (2001) Colgate & Fordham (2002) Colgate (2003) Lafayette & Lehigh (2004) Colgate & Lafayette (2005) Lafayette & Lehigh (2006) Fordham (2007) Colgate (2008) Holy Cross (2009) Lehigh (2010) Lehigh (2011) Colgate (2012) Lafayette (2013) Fordham (2014) Colgate (2015) Lehigh (2016) Colgate & Lehigh (2017) Colgate (2018) Holy Cross (2019) Holy Cross (2020) Holy Cross (2021) Holy Cross (2022) Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023) Holy Cross & Lehigh (2024)

Patriot League football champions

Holy Cross (1986)
Holy Cross (1987)
Lafayette (1988)
Holy Cross (1989)
Holy Cross (1990)
Holy Cross (1991)
Lafayette (1992)
Lehigh (1993)
Lafayette (1994)
Lehigh (1995)
Bucknell (1996)
Colgate (1997)
Lehigh (1998)
Colgate & Lehigh (1999)
Lehigh (2000)
Lehigh (2001)
Colgate & Fordham (2002)
Colgate (2003)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2004)
Colgate & Lafayette (2005)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2006)
Fordham (2007)
Colgate (2008)
Holy Cross (2009)
Lehigh (2010)
Lehigh (2011)
Colgate (2012)
Lafayette (2013)
Fordham (2014)
Colgate (2015)
Lehigh (2016)
Colgate & Lehigh (2017)
Colgate (2018)
Holy Cross (2019)
Holy Cross (2020)
Holy Cross (2021)
Holy Cross (2022)
Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023)
Holy Cross & Lehigh (2024)

v t e 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Davidson Delaware Eastern Washington Holy Cross Jacksonville State James Madison Missouri State Monmouth North Dakota North Dakota State Sacred Heart Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Illinois VMI Weber State
Champion – Sam Houston State

This college football 2020s season article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: