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.
| 2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 6–5 (3–3 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Chris Pincince (2nd season) |
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| Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 3 | Sacred Heart* | W 56–21 | 4,731 | [3] | |||
| September 10 | Georgetown
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| W 48–6 | 8,912 | [4] | ||
| September 17 | No. 19 Harvard *
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| 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* |
| W 28–16 | 3,011 | [9] | ||
| October 22 | Colgate^ |
| L 14–27 | 11,236 | [10] | ||
| October 29 | at Fordham | L 20–24 | 5,771 | [11] | |||
| November 12 | Lafayette |
| L 21–41 | 6,179 | [12] | ||
| November 19 | at Bucknell | W 51–33 | 3,120 | [13] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 126. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Holy Cross Beats Sacred Heart". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 4, 2005. pp. E9, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (September 11, 2005). "More Purple Reign as HC Rolls". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass. p. D1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Benjamin, Amalie (September 18, 2005). "Call for Backup Works". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Thomson, Josh (October 30, 2005). "Fordham Scores Late for First Win". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. pp. 13C, 12C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.