Category: Holy Cross Crusaders
Yale Eager to Bounce Back against Holy Cross
The football team will look to put a tough loss behind it when it hosts Holy Cross (1-2) at the Yale Bowl on Saturday afternoon for the first time since the Crusaders defeated the Bulldogs, 22-19, in 2005.
It may not be a league game, but the Bulldog… more »
Gass, Holy Cross Ready for Yale
Terrance Gass was a freshman and didn’t play the last time Holy Cross visited Yale in 2005, but he watched from the sidelines as former HC tailback Steve Silva ran wild in a 22-19 win.
“I learned a lot playing behind Silva,” Gass said this week. “One… more »
Randolph Airs it out as Crusaders Roll on Road
WASHINGTON— The Holy Cross football team entered yesterday’s game against Georgetown having lost two games by a combined four points. In two plays, the Crusaders’ fortunes changed.
Cornerback Kyle Mushaweh intercepted a second-down pass on the openin… more »
Purple Pain for Holy Cross Against Harvard
Crimson’s 4th-quarter tide sinks Crusaders.
CAMBRIDGE— As tough as Holy Cross’ season-opening loss to UMass was to take, last night’s loss at Harvard stung even more.
Quarterback Chris Pizzotti scored on a 1-yard run with 1:42 to play and the Crim… more »
Pizzotti Leads Harvard to Comeback Win
Coming into last Friday’s game, a lot of attention had been focused on fifth-year senior Chris Pizzotti.
After an extremely successful campaign last season, earning All-Ivy first team honors, Pizzotti entered the game ranked 12th in the nation at the… more »
Pizzotti, Harvard Rally past Crusaders
The first Friday night game at Harvard Stadium attracted a crowd of 20,462, and senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti sent the spectators into the night buzzing, throwing for 370 yards as the Crimson roared back with 19 fourth-quarter points to beat Holy Cr… more »
QB Sneaky Good: QB Chris Pizzotti Lifts Harvard over Holy Cross
Despite facing a storied opponent with a stunning 110-22-2 record in season openers, under the lights of the oldest football stadium in America, Holy Cross felt pretty confident about its chances when kickoff rolled around last night.
Those hopes wer… more »
Offensive Showcase Ends with Last-Second Field Goal for UMass
WORCESTER - With 4 minutes left and the No. 4 Massachusetts football team up seven points at Holy Cross, the team's field goal kicker Armando Cuko called one of the team's doctors over.
"I actually called Dr. [Pierre] Rouzier [over] with four minutes… more »
Minutemen Ice Crusaders
WORCESTER - The Iceman returneth.
Armando Cuko, an all-but-forgotten backup kicker for two seasons, ignored three attempts by Holy Cross to unnerve his rhythm by using all three of its remaining timeouts with five seconds left on the game clock befor… more »
Minutemen’s walk-off FG sinks Holy Cross
WORCESTER— Sure, yesterday’s finish was a heartbreaker for Holy Cross and its fans, but in one of the most anticipated games in recent memory at Fitton Field, the Crusaders and UMass lived up to the billing, putting on a show in a high-scoring, highly-e… more »
UMass football team prepares for showdown with Holy Cross
WORCESTER - Last week the University of Massachusetts defense had to focus on stopping the run. This afternoon the passing attack of Holy Cross will be the bigger concern.
But the biggest concern is whether the Minutemen will play as they prepared, s… more »
UMass Is Big Hurdle for Holy Cross
The preseason is over, the real one is here, and Holy Cross is jumping right into it, facing its top opponent of the year in tomorrow’s opener.
It has been 12 years since the University of Massachusetts last visited Fitton Field, and the Minutemen ar… more »
Patenaude Working His Way Up FCS Coaching Chain
Growing up in Taftville, Dave Patenaude had big football dreams. You know, the kind that take you far away and filled with success.
Today, Patenaude returns home to Connecticut as the offensive coordinator for Hofstra as the Pride opens its season ag… more »
McGuire Makes Holy Cross ’Saders Lethal
Tight end back for 5th season
WORCESTER— Ryan McGuire played his first full season for Holy Cross in 2007 and what a year it was — a key part of the Crusaders’ powerhouse offense, the talented tight end earned first-team All-Patriot League honors.… more »
Marquee Players Return for '08 Patriot League Encore
Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph was named the Patriot League's Offensive Player of the Year last fall after becoming the all-time leader in passing yards and total offense per game.
He completed 297 of 482 passes for 3,604 yards and 30 touchd… more »