1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1992
| team = Holy Cross Crusaders
| sport = football
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| conference = Patriot League
| short_conf = Patriot
| record = 6–5
| conf_record = 4–1
| champion =
| head_coach = Peter Vaas
| hc_year = 1st
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| captain = Marcus Duckworth
| captain2 = Ron Hooey
| captain3 = Tom McDonald
| captain4 = John Powell
| stadium = Fitton Field
}}
{{1992 Patriot League football standings}}
The 1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.
In their first year under head coach Peter Vaas, the Crusaders compiled a 6–5 record. Marcus Duckworth, Ron Hooey, Tom McDonald and John Powell were the team captains.{{cite web|title=2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book|publisher=College of the Holy Cross|accessdate=June 15, 2020|page=125|url=https://goholycross.com/documents/2019/7/19/19-hc-fb-fb.pdf |location=Worcester, Mass.}}
The Crusaders outscored opponents 175 to 153. Their 4–1 conference record placed second in the six-team Patriot League standings.{{cite book|url=https://patriotleague.org/documents/2020/7/14/2020_PatriotFB_Record_Book.pdf|title=Patriot League Football Record Book|chapter=Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results|publisher=Patriot League|location=Center Valley, Pa.|date=2020|accessdate=August 10, 2020|page=3}}
The Crusaders were ranked No. 18 in the preseason national Division I-AA rankings, and despite a season-opening loss rose to No. 14 in the poll released September 14, but further losses dropped them out of the top 20 for the rest of the season.
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| rankyear = 1992
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
| other-event = ^ Family Weekend
| September 12 | @ | Army
| Michie Stadium | West Point, NY | L 7 17
| 32,736 | {{cite news |title=Crusaders Gamble -- and Then Go Bust |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=September 13, 1992 |page=73 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58616512/1992-army-hc/ }}
| September 19 | | UMass
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | L 3 7
| 10,802 | {{cite news |title=UMass Stymies Holy Cross |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=September 20, 1992 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58617339/1992-umass-hc/ }}
| September 26 | @ | Yale
| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | L 3 7
| 5,951 | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross Can't Cling to Ivy Streak |first=Marvin |last=Pave |date=September 27, 1992 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58618832/1992-yale-hc/ }}
| October 3 | | Harvard
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 30 7
| 10,601 | {{cite news |title=Tough Crusader Defense Has Harvard All Crossed Up |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 4, 1992 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58620250/1992-o4-ivies/ }}
| October 10 | | Dartmouth
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | L 0 48
| 7,151 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Has It All Over Holy Cross |first=Marvin |last=Pave |date=October 11, 1992 |page=58 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58620927/1992-dartmouth-hc/ }}
| October 17 | | Princeton
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 10 7
| 8,114 | {{cite news |title=Princeton's Day Full of Surprises |first=John |last=Bruns |date=October 18, 1992 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58621847/1992-princeton-hc/ }}
| October 24 | | Bucknell^
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 27 12
| 12,401 | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross Uses Bucknell Turnovers to Win |date=October 25, 1992 |pages=D4, D6 |newspaper=The Daily Item |location=Sunbury, Pa. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58646977/1992-bucknell-hc/ }}
| October 31 | | Lehigh
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 28 25
| 5,321 | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross Makes Stand |first=Marvin |last=Pave |date=November 1, 1992 |page=67 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58648439/1992-lehigh-hc/ }}
| November 7 | @ | Lafayette
| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | L 6 15
| 5,333 | {{cite news |title=Crusading Leopards Atop Patriot |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=November 8, 1992 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58669408/1992-lafayette-hc/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=College Football Scores |date=November 8, 1992 |page=C4 |newspaper=The Berkshire Eagle |location=Pittsfield, Mass.}}
| November 14 | @ | Colgate
| Andy Kerr Stadium | Hamilton, NY | W 18 17
| 1,300 | {{cite news |title=Missed Late FG Foils Colgate |date=November 15, 1992 |pages=9C, 10C |newspaper=Press & Sun-Bulletin |location=Binghamton, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58670461/1992-colgate-hc/ }}
| November 21 | | Fordham
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA (rivalry) | W 21 13
| 7,242 | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross Finishes Up Strongly |agency=Associated Press |date=November 22, 1992 |page=66 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58670923/1992-fordham-hc/ }}
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