2016 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2016 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 13th-year head coach Tom Gilmore and played their home games at Fitton Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 4–7, 2–4 in Patriot League play to finish in fifth place.

2016 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Patriot League
2016 record	4–7 (2–4 Patriot)
Head coach	Tom Gilmore (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Rock
Defensive coordinator	Mike Kashurba
Home stadium	Fitton Field (Capacity: 23,500)

2016 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 21 Lehigh $^		6	–	0					9	–	3
Fordham		5	–	1					8	–	3
Colgate		4	–	2					5	–	5
Bucknell		3	–	3					4	–	7
Holy Cross		2	–	4					4	–	7
Lafayette		1	–	5					2	–	9
Georgetown		0	–	6					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 PM	at Morgan State*	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD		W 51–24	4,203
September 10	7:00 PM	at No. 24 New Hampshire*	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	ASN	L 28–39	13,242
September 17	7:00 PM	at No. 25 Albany*	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	DZ	L 28–45	8,040
September 24	1:00 PM	Dartmouth*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Charter TV3	L 10–35	9,878
October 1	3:30 PM	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	WBPH-TV	W 38–28	4,948
October 8	1:00 PM	Bucknell	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Charter TV3	L 20–21	6,184
October 15	1:00 PM	No. 20 Harvard*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Charter TV3	W 27–17	9,115
October 22	12:00 PM	Lehigh	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	ASN	L 14–46	3,668
October 29	1:00 PM	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLN	L 8–26	7,226
November 5	1:00 PM	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	PLN	W 21–20	1,710
November 12	3:00 PM	vs. Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)	PLN	L 14–54	21,375
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	7	23	14	7	51
Bears	10	7	0	7	24

See also: 2016 Morgan State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	HOLY, 29–26

at New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	14	7	7	0	28
#24 Wildcats	6	7	19	7	39

See also: 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–7	2012	UNH, 38–17

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	7	0	7	14	28
#25 Great Danes	0	28	3	14	45

See also: 2016 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	HOLY, 37–0

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	14	7	7	7	35
Crusaders	7	0	3	0	10

See also: 2016 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–37–4	2014	DART, 24–21

at Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	10	3	3	22	38
Leopards	0	7	14	7	28

See also: 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–16	2015	HOLY, 42–0

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	7	7	7	21
Crusaders	7	13	0	0	20

See also: 2016 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–11	2015	HOLY, 23–7

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Crimson	7	10	0	0	17
Crusaders	21	0	3	3	27

See also: 2016 Harvard Crimson football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–42–2	2015	HARV, 41–18

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	7	11	21	7	46
Crusaders	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2016 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–17–1	2015	LEH, 51–38

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	0	0	8	8
Raiders	7	3	0	16	26

See also: 2016 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–33–5	2015	GATE, 31–14

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	14	7	0	0	21
Hoyas	7	10	3	0	20

See also: 2016 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–11	2015	HOLY, 45–7

vs. Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	21	19	7	7	54
Crusaders	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2016 Fordham Rams football team and Ram–Crusader Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–24–2	2015	FORD, 47–41 ^OT

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