2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
American college football season
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The 2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–4 (5–1 Patriot)
Headcoach
- Tom Gilmore (5th season)
OffensivecoordinatorAndy McKenzie (1st season)
| 2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 7–4 (5–1 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Andy McKenzie (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Richard Rodgers Sr. (3rd season) |
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| Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Colgate $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their fifth year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. Daryl Brown and Dominic Randolph were the team captains.[1]
The Crusaders outscored opponents 378 to 284. Their 5–1 conference record placed just half a game behind first place 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 6 | No. 4 UMass *
| L 42–45 | 12,781 | [3] | |||
| September 19 | at Harvard* | L 24–25 | 20,462 | [4] | |||
| September 27 | at Georgetown | W 38–14 | 2,233 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | at Yale* | L 28–31 2OT | 14,512 | [6] | |||
| October 11 | Brown* |
| W 41–34 | 7,493 | [7] | ||
| October 18 | at Dartmouth* | W 44–26 | 7,518 | [8] | |||
| October 25 | Lehigh^ |
| W 35–21 | 11,558 | [9] | ||
| November 1 | Bucknell |
| W 34–17 | [1] | |||
| November 8 | Fordham |
| W 38–17 | 6,277 | [10] | ||
| November 15 | at Lafayette | W 27–26 | 7,439 | [11] | |||
| November 22 | at No. 21 Colgate | L 27–28 | 4,862 | [12] | |||
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