2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished fourth in the Patriot League.

In their second year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 6–5 record. Gideon Akande, John O'Neil and Steve Silva were the team captains.^[1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 317 to 263. Holy Cross' 3–3 conference placed fourth out of seven in the Patriot League standings.^[2]

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	Sacred Heart*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 56–21	4,731	[3]
September 10	Georgetown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 48–6	8,912	[4]
September 17	No. 19 Harvard*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 21–31	8,238	[5]
September 24	at No. 6 Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 23–35	22,025	[6]
October 1	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 22–19	12,793	[7]
October 8	at No. 10 Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 13–10	5,713	[8]
October 15	Dartmouth*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–16	3,011	[9]
October 22	Colgate^	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 14–27	11,236	[10]
October 29	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 20–24	5,771	[11]
November 12	Lafayette	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 21–41	6,179	[12]
November 19	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 51–33	3,120	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Family Weekend Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game