2016 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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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

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.

Schedule

September 32:00 PMat Morgan State*

• Hughes Stadium
• Baltimore, MD

W 51–24 4,203 September 107:00 PMat No. 24 New Hampshire*

• Wildcat Stadium
• Durham, NH

ASNL 28–39 13,242 September 177:00 PMat No. 25 Albany*

• Bob Ford Field
• Albany, NY

DZL 28–45 8,040 September 241:00 PMDartmouth*

• Fitton Field
• Worchester, MA

Charter TV3L 10–35 9,878 October 13:30 PMat Lafayette

• Fisher Field
• Easton, PA

WBPH-TVW 38–28 4,948 October 81:00 PMBucknell

• Fitton Field
• Worcester, MA

Charter TV3L 20–21 6,184 October 151:00 PMNo. 20 Harvard*

• Fitton Field
• Worcester, MA

Charter TV3W 27–17 9,115 October 2212:00 PMLehigh

• Fitton Field
• Worcester, MA

ASNL 14–46 3,668 October 291:00 PMat Colgate

• Andy Kerr Stadium
• Hamilton, NY

PLNL 8–26 7,226 November 51:00 PMat Georgetown

• Cooper Field
• Washington, D.C.

PLNW 21–20 1,710 November 123:00 PMvs. Fordham

• Yankee Stadium
• Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)

PLNL 14–54 21,375

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

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 Holy Cross Crusaders 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. Holy Cross

	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