2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.

2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–4 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
  • Tom Gilmore (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorAndy McKenzie (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRichard Rodgers Sr. (3rd season)
Captains
  • Daryl Brown
  • Dominic Randolph
Home stadiumFitton Field
2008 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Colgate $^  5 0   9 3  
Holy Cross  5 1   7 4  
Lehigh  4 2   5 6  
Lafayette  3 3   7 4  
Bucknell  2 4   5 6  
Fordham  1 5   5 6  
Georgetown  0 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their fifth year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. Daryl Brown and Dominic Randolph were the team captains.

The Crusaders outscored opponents 378 to 284. Their 5–1 conference record placed just half a game behind first place in the seven-team Patriot League standings.

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

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