2023 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 2023 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as a member of the Patriot League during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Crusaders were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Chesney and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.
| 2023 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Ranking | |
| FCS Coaches | No. 25 |
| Record | 7–4 (5–1 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dean Kennedy (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott James (6th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Lafayette +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross + | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 2 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 2:00 p.m. | Merrimack* | No. 5 | ESPN+ | W 42–20 | 13,117 | |
| September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at Boston College* | No. 5 | ACCNX | L 28–31 | 40,122 | |
| September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at Yale* | No. 6 | ESPN+ | W 49–24 | 4,968 | |
| September 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Colgate | No. 6 |
| ESPN+ | W 47–7 | 12,578 |
| September 30 | 5:00 p.m. | Harvard* | No. 6 |
| ESPN+ | L 28–38 | 7,906 |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Bucknell | No. 12 | ESPN+ | W 55–27 | 925 | |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Lafayette | No. 15 |
| ESPN+ | L 35–38 | N/A |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Fordham | ESPN+ | W 49–47 | 7,000 | ||
| November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at Lehigh | ESPN+ | W 28–24 | 3,528 | ||
| November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | CBSSN | L 14–17 | 30,602 | ||
| November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | Georgetown |
| ESPN+ | W 31–10 | 8,117 | |
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References
- HOLY CROSS FOOTBALL RETURNS TO POLAR PARK TO FACE INSTATE RIVAL HARVARD UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th AT A TIME TBD EBW Football Classic will feature two of the most storied college football programs in all of New England. Polar Park Events Press Release. March 3, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- "2023 Holy Cross Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
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