2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football | |
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Patriot League champion | |
Patriot League Football Championship Game, W 33–10 vs. Bucknell | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 3–31 vs. South Dakota State | |
Conference | Patriot League |
2020 record | 3–1 (2–0 Patriot) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Justin Roper (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Scott James (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Fitton Field (capacity: 23,500) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Holy Cross $^ | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Holy Cross 33, Bucknell 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Crusaders, led by third-year head coach Bob Chesney, played their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League.
On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.[2]
Schedule[]
Holy Cross had game scheduled against Yale on September 19, Harvard on October 3, and Brown on October 10, which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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March 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at Lehigh |
| ESPN+ | W 20–3 | |||
March 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Fordham |
| ESPN+ | W 34–24 | |||
April 10 | 5:00 p.m. | at Colgate | ESPN+ | Canceled | ||||
April 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Bucknell | CBSSN | W 33–10 | ||||
April 24 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 2 South Dakota State |
| ESPN3 | L 3–31 | |||
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References[]
- ^ "Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus". ESPN.com. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (February 5, 2021). "Patriot League releases Spring 2021 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ West, Jenna. "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "2020 Holy Cross Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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