1985 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1985 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

1985 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6–1
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorMark Duffner (5th season)
Captains
  • Leo Carlin
  • Ed Kutschke
  • Tom Patton
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^  1320
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^  930
No. 18 Richmond  830
Colgate  731
Delaware  740
Tennessee State  740
No. 16 William & Mary  740
Lafayette  650
James Madison  560
Lehigh  560
Holy Cross  461
Florida A&M  470
Western Kentucky  470
Bucknell  370
Northeastern  280
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

In their fifth and final year under head coach Rick E. Carter, the Crusaders compiled an 4–6–1 record. Leo Carlin, Ed Kutschke and Tom Patton were the team captains.[1]

The Crusaders were briefly ranked in the national top 20, claiming No. 20 in the poll released Oct. 8. They fell out of the rankings after that week, and were not ranked at season's end.

This would be Holy Cross' final year as an independent, before joining the Colonial League. Colgate was the only future league football opponent on the Crusaders' 1985 schedule. The league was later renamed Patriot League, and continues to be Holy Cross' home conference as of 2020.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14 Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 24–21 16,211 [2]
September 21 at UMassL 3–27 13,814 [3]
September 28 Delaware
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 22–6 16,111 [4]
October 5 at DartmouthW 17–14 3,100 [5]
October 12 at YaleL 15–19 22,439 [6]
October 19 at ConnecticutL 2–22 5,677 [7]
October 26 Brown^
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 20–20 15,461 [8]
November 2 at ArmyL 12–34 40,236 [9]
November 9 Harvard
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 20–28 14,697 [10]
November 16 Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 30–9 [1]
November 23 at Boston College L 7–38 32,000 [11]
  • Homecoming
  • ^ Family Weekend

References