1987 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
American college football season
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The 1987 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as a member of the Colonial League during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its second year under head coach Mark Duffner, the team compiled an 11–0 record (4–0 against conference opponents) and won their second straight Colonial League championship.[1] The team also claims a share of the Division I-AA national championship. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.
ConferenceColonial League
Record11–0 (4–0 Colonial)
Headcoach
- Mark Duffner (2nd season)
DefensivecoordinatorKevin Coyle (2nd season)
| 1987 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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Colonial League champion | |
| Conference | Colonial League |
| Record | 11–0 (4–0 Colonial) |
| Head coach |
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| Defensive coordinator | Kevin Coyle (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Holy Cross $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 12 | at Army* | W 34–24 | 38,428 | [2] | |||
| September 19 | Lafayette | W 40–11 | 10,651 | [3] | |||
| September 26 | at Lehigh | W 63–6 | 12,500 | [4] | |||
| October 3 | Colgate |
| W 49–7 | 20,211 | [5] | ||
| October 10 | at Dartmouth* | W 62–23 | 11,109 | [6] | |||
| October 17 | at Bucknell | W 48–10 | 11,240 | [7] | |||
| October 24 | Brown* |
| W 41–0 | 20,661 | [8] | ||
| October 31 | UMass* | W 54–10 | 15,214 | [9] | |||
| November 7 | Harvard* |
| W 41–6 | 17,211 | [10] | ||
| November 14 | William & Mary* |
| W 40–7 | 14,671 | [11] | ||
| November 19 | at Villanova* | W 39–6 | 13,400 | [12] | |||
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