1993 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1993 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished fourth in the Patriot League.

1993 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	3–8 (2–3 Patriot)
Head coach	Peter Vaas (2nd season)
Captains	Todd Araujo Rob Milanette Frank Visconti
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Patriot League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lehigh $	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
Bucknell	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Holy Cross	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Colgate	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Fordham	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion

In their second year under head coach Peter Vaas, the Crusaders compiled a 3–8 record. Todd Araujo, Rob Milanette and Frank Visconti were the team captains.^[1]

The Crusaders were outscored 326 to 205 by opponents. Holy Cross' 2–3 conference record placed fourth in the six-team Patriot League standings.^[2] It was Holy Cross' first losing season since 1980, and the first time since league play began in 1986 that the Crusaders finished lower than second place.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at UMass*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–37	12,887	[3]
September 18	Boston University*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 18–44	6,211	[4]
September 25	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 13–7	4,925	[5]
October 2	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–38	7,520	[6]
October 9	Yale^*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 27–31	8,077	[7]
October 16	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 25–41	11,647	[8]
October 23	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 23–33	6,021	[9]
October 30	at Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 10–17	5,431	[10]
November 6	Lafayette	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 27–52	7,412	[11]
November 13	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 27–14	3,771	[12]
November 20	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 28–12	3,981	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Family Weekend