The 2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished second-to-last in the Patriot League.
| 2002 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 4–8 (2–5 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Fordham +^ | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Colgate + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their seventh year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 4–8 record. David Dugan, Brian Hall, Nick Soivillien and Ross Sullivan were the team captains.[1]
The Crusaders were outscored 344 to 292. Their 2–5 conference record placed seventh in the eight-team Patriot League standings.[2]
Holy Cross began the year unranked, but after two wins to start the season—including a road win over Army, a Division I-A team—the Crusaders entered the national Division I-AA top 25. They were ranked No. 25 in the poll released September 10, and No. 23 the following week. The loss to Harvard dropped them out of the top 25, and Holy Cross remained unranked for the rest of 2002.
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 7 | at Army* | W 30–21 | 28,063 | [3] | |||
| September 14 | at Georgetown | W 41–13 | 1,276 | [4] | |||
| September 21 | at Harvard* | L 23–28 | 10,107 | [5] | |||
| September 28 | Towson
| L 10–42 | 7,844 | [6] | |||
| October 5 | at Yale* | L 19–28 | 15,026 | [7] | |||
| October 12 | Saint Mary's* |
| W 24–22 | 1,250 | [8] | ||
| October 19 | at Dartmouth* | L 36–44 | 5,119 | [9] | |||
| October 26 | No. 18 Lehigh^ |
| L 12–21 | 2,247 | [10] | ||
| November 2 | Bucknell |
| W 38–21 | 2,879 | [11] | ||
| November 9 | Fordham |
| L 27–37 | 6,583 | [12] | ||
| November 16 | at Lafayette | L 13–42 | 2,207 | [13] | |||
| November 23 | at Colgate | L 20–25 | 1,562 | [14] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 126. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 8. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Gross, Andrew (September 8, 2002). "Black Knights Embarrassed: Army Loses Five Fumbles in Defeat to I-AA Holy Cross". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. pp. 12C, 10C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Courogen, Chris A. (September 15, 2002). "On Second Thought, Crusaders Cruise". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (September 22, 2002). "Cross Cannot Bear Crimson". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (September 29, 2002). "Crusaders Submit a Homely Performance". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (October 6, 2002). "In the Long Run, Crusaders Defenseless". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (October 13, 2002). "Mark Is Left by HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Robbins, Paul (October 20, 2002). "Dartmouth's Mann Super". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (October 27, 2002). "Crusaders' All Is Not Enough to Beat Lehigh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (November 3, 2002). "Allen's Return Boosts Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (November 10, 2002). "On Crusade: Fordham's Special Teams Step Up". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (November 17, 2002). "Lafayette Romps in Mud". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colgate's Win Saved by Pickoff". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 24, 2002. p. 7B – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football Scoreboard: East". The Sunday Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Okla. November 24, 2002. p. 6-B.