1997 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 4–7 (2–4 Patriot) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Tom Quinn (2nd season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Bucknell | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross tied for second-to-last in the Patriot League.
In their second year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 4–7 record. Dominic Blue and Jeff Laboranti were the team captains. [1]
The Crusaders were outscored 308 to 182. Holy Cross' 2–4 conference record placed it in a three-way tie for fourth in the seven-team Patriot League standings. [2]
The team's claimed 4–7 and 2–4 records count the season-opening Towson matchup as a Holy Cross win by forfeit, as Towson agreed in October 1997 that it had used an academically ineligible player in that game. [3]
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 13 | at Towson | W 7–27‡ | 2,000 | [4] [3] | |||
September 20 | Georgetown* | W 25–21 | 5,827 | [5] | |||
September 27 | Dartmouth* |
| L 6–35 | 3,000 | [6] | ||
October 4 |
Princeton![]() |
| L 7–21 | 8,542 | [7] | ||
October 11 | at Columbia* | W 45–16 | 3,335 | [8] | |||
October 18 | at Harvard* | L 24–52 | 7,094 | [9] | |||
October 25 | at Bucknell | L 6–18 | 7,872 | [10] | |||
November 1 | Colgate^ |
| L 7–42 | 2,826 | [11] | ||
November 8 | at Lehigh | W 20–14 | 4,865 | [12] | |||
November 15 | Lafayette |
| L 23–34 | 1,105 | [13] | ||
November 22 | Fordham |
| L 12–28 | 725 | [14] | ||
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1997 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 4–7 (2–4 Patriot) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Tom Quinn (2nd season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Fitton Field |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Bucknell | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross tied for second-to-last in the Patriot League.
In their second year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 4–7 record. Dominic Blue and Jeff Laboranti were the team captains. [1]
The Crusaders were outscored 308 to 182. Holy Cross' 2–4 conference record placed it in a three-way tie for fourth in the seven-team Patriot League standings. [2]
The team's claimed 4–7 and 2–4 records count the season-opening Towson matchup as a Holy Cross win by forfeit, as Towson agreed in October 1997 that it had used an academically ineligible player in that game. [3]
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 13 | at Towson | W 7–27‡ | 2,000 | [4] [3] | |||
September 20 | Georgetown* | W 25–21 | 5,827 | [5] | |||
September 27 | Dartmouth* |
| L 6–35 | 3,000 | [6] | ||
October 4 |
Princeton![]() |
| L 7–21 | 8,542 | [7] | ||
October 11 | at Columbia* | W 45–16 | 3,335 | [8] | |||
October 18 | at Harvard* | L 24–52 | 7,094 | [9] | |||
October 25 | at Bucknell | L 6–18 | 7,872 | [10] | |||
November 1 | Colgate^ |
| L 7–42 | 2,826 | [11] | ||
November 8 | at Lehigh | W 20–14 | 4,865 | [12] | |||
November 15 | Lafayette |
| L 23–34 | 1,105 | [13] | ||
November 22 | Fordham |
| L 12–28 | 725 | [14] | ||
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