2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2017
| team = Holy Cross Crusaders
| sport = football
| image = Holy Cross Athletics logo.svg
| image_size = 150
| conference = Patriot League
| short_conf = Patriot
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = Tom Gilmore
| hc_year = 14th
| hc_games = first 7 games
| head_coach2 = Brian Rock
| hc_games2 = interim, final 4 games
| off_coach = Brian Rock
| oc_year = 3rd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Mike Kashurba
| dc_year = 4th
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Fitton Field
}}
{{2017 Patriot League football standings}}
The 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as a member of the Patriot League during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross was led by 14th-year head coach Tom Gilmore for the first seven games of the season before he was fired following a 2–5 start. Offensive coordinator Brian Rock was named interim head coach for the final four games. The team finished the season with an overall record of 4–7 and a mark of 3–3 in Patriot League play to place three-way tie for third. The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Schedule
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and six away games. The Crusaders hosted Patriot League foes Lafayette, Colgate, and Georgetown. They traveled to Bucknell, Fordham, and Lehigh.
In 2017, Holy Cross played non-conference opponents UConn of the American Athletic Conference, New Hampshire of the Colonial Athletic Association, Dartmouth and Yale of the Ivy League, and Monmouth of the Big South Conference.{{cite web|title=Football - 2017 Schedule|url=http://www.goholycross.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=917327&SPID=157213|publisher=Holy Cross Athletics|access-date=8 April 2017}}
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2017
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|August 31|Thursday}}
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = UConn
| site_stadium = Rentschler Field
| site_cityst = East Hartford, CT
| tv = SNY
| score = 20–27
| attend = 24,435
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 9
| time = Noon
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Bucknell
| site_stadium = Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Lewisburg, PA
| tv = STADIUM
| score = 20–0
| attend = 1,987
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank =
| opponent = New Hampshire
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| tv = Charter TV3
| score = 51–26
| attend = 7,906
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 25
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| tv = {{abbr|ILN|Ivy League Network}}
| score = 26–27
| overtime = OT
| attend = 7,094
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| rank =
| opponent = Lafayette
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| tv = Charter TV3
| score = 7–10
| attend = 7,764
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank =
| opponent = Monmouth
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| tv = Charter TV3
| score = 36–48
| attend = 4,484
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| tv = ILN
| score = 0–32
| attend = 8,709
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| time = Noon
| w/l = l
| rank =
| opponent = Colgate
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| tv = STADIUM
| score = 7–45
| attend = 6,784
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| rank =
| opponent = Georgetown
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| tv = Charter TV3
| score = 24–10
| attend = 9,063
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Fordham
| gamename = Ram–Crusader Cup
| site_stadium = Coffey Field
| site_cityst = Bronx, NY
| tv = STADIUM
| score = 42–20
| attend = 5,467
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Goodman Stadium
| site_cityst = Bethlehem, PA
| tv = STADIUM
| score = 21–34
| attend = 7,247
}}
}}
Game summaries
=At UConn=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Crusaders
|R1=3|R2=17|R3=0|R4=0
|Home=Huskies
|H1=7|H2=0|H3=7|H4=13
}}
{{see also|2017 UConn Huskies football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Bucknell=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Crusaders
|R1=10|R2=3|R3=7|R4=0
|Home=Bison
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0
}}
{{see also|2017 Bucknell Bison football team}}
{{Clear}}
=New Hampshire=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 9 Wildcats
|R1=7 |R2=0 |R3=12 |R4=7
|Home=Crusaders
|H1=3 |H2=13 |H3=21 |H4=14
}}
{{see also|2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Dartmouth=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 25 Crusaders
|R1=0|R2=14|R3=0|R4=6|R5=6
|Home=Big Green
|H1=7|H2=6|H3=7|H4=0|H5=7
}}
{{see also|2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Lafayette=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Leopards
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=7|R4=3
|Home=Crusaders
|H1=0|H2=7|H3=0|H4=0
}}
{{see also|2017 Lafayette Leopards football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Monmouth=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Hawks
|R1=0|R2=21|R3=20|R4=7
|Home=Crusaders
|H1=3|H2=14|H3=0|H4=19
}}
{{see also|2017 Monmouth Hawks football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Yale=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Crusaders
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0
|Home=Bulldogs
|H1=3|H2=22|H3=7|H4=0
}}
{{see also|2017 Yale Bulldogs football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Colgate=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Raiders
|R1=7|R2=10|R3=21|R4=7
|Home=Crusaders
|H1=7|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0
}}
{{see also|2017 Colgate Raiders football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Georgetown=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Hoyas
|R1=3
|R2=0
|R3=7
|R4=0
|Home=Crusaders
|H1=0
|H2=13
|H3=0
|H4=11
}}
{{see also|2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Fordham=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Crusaders
|R1=0
|R2=7
|R3=0
|R4=14
|Home=Mountain Hawks
|H1=14
|H2=0
|H3=10
|H4=10
}}
{{see also|2017 Fordham Rams football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Lehigh=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Crusaders
|R1=0
|R2=7
|R3=0
|R4=14
|Home=Mountain Hawks
|H1=14
|H2=0
|H3=10
|H4=10
}}
{{see also|2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team}}
{{Clear}}
Ranking movements
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = STATS FCS
| poll1firstweek = 0
| poll1lastweek = 13
| poll1_0=NR
| poll1_1=NR
| poll1_2=NR
| poll1_3=25
| poll1_4=RV
| poll1_5=NR
| poll1_6=NR
| poll1_7=NR
| poll1_8=NR
| poll1_9=NR
| poll1_10=NR
| poll1_11=NR
| poll1_12=NR
| poll1_13=NR
| poll1_14=
| poll1_15=
| poll1_16=
| poll1_17=
| poll1_18=
| poll1_19=
| poll1_20=
| poll2title = Coaches
| poll2firstweek = 0
| poll2lastweek = 13
| poll2_0=NR
| poll2_1=NR
| poll2_2=NR
| poll2_3=25
| poll2_4=RV
| poll2_5=NR
| poll2_6=NR
| poll2_7=NR
| poll2_8=NR
| poll2_9=NR
| poll2_10=NR
| poll2_11=NR
| poll2_12=NR
| poll2_13=NR
| poll2_14=
| poll2_15=
| poll2_16=
| poll2_17=
| poll2_18=
| poll2_19=
| poll2_20=
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Holy Cross Crusaders football navbox}}
Category:Holy Cross Crusaders football seasons
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