The 2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross tied for last in the Patriot League.
| 2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 1–11 (1–6 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Fitton Field |
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| No. 2 Colgate $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Lehigh | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 4 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their eighth and final year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 1–11 record. Ari Confesor, Steve Fox, Ben Koller and Nick Larsen were the team captains.[1]
The Crusaders were outscored 478 to 322. Holy Cross' 1–6 conference record tied for worst in the Patriot League standings.[2] The Crusaders' sole win came against fellow Patriot League cellar-dweller Georgetown.
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 6 | at Lehigh | L 20–38 | 8,697 | [3] | |||
| September 13 | Georgetown | W 42–34 | 6,412 | [4] | |||
| September 20 | Harvard *
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| L 23–43 | 10,312 | [5] | ||
| September 27 | at San Diego* | L 45–46 2OT | 4,449 | [6] | |||
| October 4 | Yale* |
| L 16–41 | [1] | |||
| October 11 | at Towson | L 13–30 | 8,125 | [7] | |||
| October 18 | Dartmouth^* |
| L 20–24 | 7,863 | [8] | ||
| October 25 | at FIU* | L 23–34 | 4,506 | [9] | |||
| November 1 | at Bucknell | L 31–53 | 8,132 | [10] | |||
| November 8 | at No. 19 Fordham | L 28–49 | 5,277 | [11] | |||
| November 15 | Lafayette |
| L 13–41 | 2,821 | [12] | ||
| November 22 | No. 6 Colgate |
| L 38–45 | 10,166 | [13] | ||
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References
edit- ^ a b "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. 9. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Courogen, Chris A. (September 7, 2003). "Snap Judgments Doom Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (September 14, 2003). "Crusaders' O'Neill Leads the Charge". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ May, Pete (September 21, 2003). "Fitzpatrick Hits the Books". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burgin, Sandy (September 29, 2003). "HC Suffers Late-Night Setback; Conversion Pass Lifts San Diego to Victory in Second Overtime". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass. p. D1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Baker, Kent (October 12, 2003). "Towson Overpowers Holy Cross, 30-13". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 5E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (October 19, 2003). "'Saders Foiled Again at End". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass. p. D4 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Izquierdo, Daniel (October 26, 2003). "Finally: Runs Key Panthers' First Win". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Housenick, Tom (November 2, 2003). "Jackson Has Career Day as Bison Pull Away for Win". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brennan, Sean (November 9, 2003). "Rams Roll, Turn Focus to Colgate". Daily News. New York, N.Y. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "New England Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 9, 2003. p. C17.
- ^ Forsberg, Chris (November 16, 2003). "'Saders Stuck in Slack Season". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass. p. D7 – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in "New England Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 16, 2003. p. C17.
- ^ Gearan, Jay (November 23, 2003). "Colgate Dodges Shocker; HC Can't Quite Contain Branch". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass. p. D6 – via NewsBank. Attendance figure in "Atlantic 10, New England Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 23, 2003. p. C16.