The four-time defending Patriot League champion Holy Cross football team has announced its 11-game schedule for the 2023 season. The slate is set to get underway on Sept. 2, and features five home games and six road games.

The Crusaders open at home with a non-conference contest on Sept. 2 against Merrimack at Fitton Field. Holy Cross then heads down the Massachusetts Turnpike for an FBS matchup at Boston College on Sept. 9. 

On Sept. 16, the Crusaders head to New Haven, Conn., for a game against Yale. Holy Cross then returns home on Sept. 23 to open its Patriot League slate against Colgate. 

The Crusaders will return to Polar Park for the third annual EBW Classic on Sept. 30, playing host to in-state rival Harvard. 

Holy Cross resumes conference play with a trip to Lewisburg, Pa., for an Oct. 7 game at Bucknell. After a bye week, the Crusaders return home for a league matchup against Lafayette on Oct. 21 and then hit the road for Patriot League games against Fordham (Oct. 28) and Lehigh (Nov. 4). 

The Crusaders will face one additional FBS foe on Nov. 11, with a Veteran's Day contest at Army West Point. 

Holy Cross rounds out its regular-season slate with a Patriot League home game against Georgetown on Nov. 18. 

The Crusaders return to the gridiron this fall after a historic 2022 season, in which Holy Cross won a program-record 12 games and finished with a 12-1 record, falling in the NCAA FCS quarterfinals to eventual national champion South Dakota State. Holy Cross earned a No. 6 postseason national ranking, and enters 2023 in hopes of earning a fifth consecutive berth in the FCS playoffs. 

Season ticket renewals are now LIVE for existing season ticket members or for fans who have made a deposit for 2023 season tickets. To renew your tickets, please log in to your existing account and select "season ticket renewals" on goholycross.com/tickets. If you would like to upgrade or change your seats, please call or text Justin Pierce, Director of Ticket Sales at 1-844-GOCROSS or email tickets@holycross.edu.

Fans who are interested in becoming season ticket members can make a $25 deposit prior to March 24. Holy Cross football season tickets will go on sale to the public beginning on March 28.

The deadline to renew your season tickets, and guarantee your same seats plus all season ticket holder benefits, is May 26.

2023 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 2 vs. Merrimack 
Sept. 9 at Boston College
Sept. 16 at Yale
Sept. 23 vs. Colgate*
Sept. 30 vs. Harvard^
Oct. 7 at Bucknell*
Oct. 21 vs. Lafayette*
Oct. 28 at Fordham* 
Nov. 4 at Lehigh*
Nov. 11 at Army West Point
Nov. 18 vs. Georgetown

(bold indicates home game)
*Patriot League game
^played at Polar Park (Worcester, Mass.)

ABOUT HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS
Holy Cross boasts 27 NCAA Division I teams as members of the Patriot League, Atlantic Hockey Association and the Women's Hockey East Association. Holy Cross' athletic teams are tied for first in the nation with an overall graduation rate of 99 percent, the second straight year in which the Crusaders have led the nation and the 15th consecutive year at 97 percent or higher. 

ABOUT HOLY CROSS
The College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts — the second-largest city in New England — is among the nation's leading liberal arts institutions. A highly selective, four-year, exclusively undergraduate college of 3,100 students, Holy Cross is renowned for offering a rigorous, personalized education in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition, and is one of only 85 colleges in America that meets 100% of students' demonstrated financial need. Holy Cross has made a positive impact in society since its founding in 1843 by graduating students who distinguish themselves as thoughtful leaders in business, professional and civic life.

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