2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished third in the Patriot League.

2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–4 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Pincince (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorRichard Rodgers Sr. (1st season)
Captains
  • Dan Adams
  • Casey Gough
  • Frank Herlihy
  • Chris Nielsen
Home stadiumFitton Field
2006 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Lafayette +^  5 –1   6 –6  
Lehigh +  5 –1   6 –5  
Holy Cross  4 –2   7 –4  
Bucknell  3 –3   6 –5  
Colgate  3 –3   4 –7  
Fordham  1 –5   3 –8  
Georgetown  0 –6   2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their third year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. Dan Adams, Casey Gough, Frank Herlihy and Chris Nielsen were the team captains.[1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 275 to 235. Their 4–2 conference record placed third in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[2]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2 at Georgetown
W 26–13 1,845 [3]
September 9 Northeastern*
L 14–24 8,112 [4]
September 16 at Harvard*
L 14–31 11,209 [5]
September 23 at Marist*
W 27–0 2,026 [6]
September 30 Fordhamdagger
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
W 28–21 9,547 [7]
October 7 Brown*
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 35–30 4,497 [8]
October 14 at Dartmouth*
W 24–21 OT 7,414 [9]
October 21 at Lafayette
W 38–28 7,893 [10]
October 28 No. 17 Lehigh^
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 14–28 1,428 [11]
November 4 Bucknell
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 27–10 5,126 [12]
November 11 at Colgate
L 28–29 2,356 [13]

References
  1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 10. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. "Fanning Shines for HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 3, 2006. pp. C15, C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Toland, Jennifer (September 10, 2006). "HC Can't Finish Huskies". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Powers, John (September 17, 2006). "Dawson Surfaces in Opener". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Strum, Phil (September 24, 2006). "Marist Falters at Home". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 24, 2006. p. C19.
  7. Toland, Jennifer (October 1, 2006). "Crusaders Survive Fordham". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Toland, Jennifer (October 8, 2006). "Randolph Leads Way for Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Wood, Bruce (October 15, 2006). "Crusaders Get Kick out of OT on DeSantis Field Goal". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Courogen, Chris (October 22, 2006). "A Point Is Made by HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Lehigh Lowers the Boom". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 29, 2006. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Toland, Jennifer (November 5, 2006). "Crusaders Driven by Defense". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E18 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Colgate Rallies with 2 TDs in Fourth Quarter to Beat Holy Cross". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 12, 2006. p. 6D – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Saturday's Results: East". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Okla. November 12, 2006. p. 8C.
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