2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Fitton Field as a member of the Patriot League. They were 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. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.Schedule
The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Crusaders will host Patriot League foes Lafayette, Colgate, and Georgetown, and will travel to Bucknell, Fordham, and Lehigh.
In 2017, Holy Cross will play 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.Game summaries
at UConn
at Bucknell
New Hampshire
at Dartmouth
Lafayette
Monmouth
at Yale
Colgate
Georgetown
at Fordham
at Lehigh
Ranking movements