2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
American college football season
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The 2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished third in the Patriot League.
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–4 (4–2 Patriot)
Headcoach
- Tom Gilmore (3rd season)
OffensivecoordinatorChris Pincince (3rd season)
| 2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 7–4 (4–2 Patriot) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Chris Pincince (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Richard Rodgers Sr. (1st season) |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh + | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their third year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. Dan Adams, Casey Gough, Frank Herlihy and Chris Nielsen were the team captains.[1]
The Crusaders outscored opponents 275 to 235. Their 4–2 conference record placed third in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[2]
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 2 | at Georgetown | W 26–13 | 1,845 | [3] | |||
| September 9 | Northeastern* | L 14–24 | 8,112 | [4] | |||
| September 16 | at Harvard* | L 14–31 | 11,209 | [5] | |||
| September 23 | at Marist* | W 27–0 | 2,026 | [6] | |||
| September 30 | Fordham
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| W 28–21 | 9,547 | [7] | ||
| October 7 | Brown* |
| W 35–30 | 4,497 | [8] | ||
| October 14 | at Dartmouth* | W 24–21 OT | 7,414 | [9] | |||
| October 21 | at Lafayette | W 38–28 | 7,893 | [10] | |||
| October 28 | No. 17 Lehigh^ |
| L 14–28 | 1,428 | [11] | ||
| November 4 | Bucknell |
| W 27–10 | 5,126 | [12] | ||
| November 11 | at Colgate | L 28–29 | 2,356 | [13] | |||
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