The 1966 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented the

College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...

as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.

Mel Massucco Melvin G. Massucco (November 22, 1925 – March 23, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1965 to 1966 and at Worcester Polytechnic I ...

returned for his second year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 6–3–1. All home games were played at

Fitton Field Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were ...

on the Holy Cross campus in

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Schedule

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders for the 1966 Crusaders included: * Rushing: Jack Lentz, 685 yards and 7 touchdowns on 177 attempts * Passing: Jack Lentz, 845 yards, 74 completions and 5 touchdowns on 153 attempts * Receiving: Pete Kimener, 409 yards and 2 touchdowns on 33 receptions * Scoring: Jack Lentz, 42 points from 7 touchdowns * Total offense: Jack Lentz, 1,530 yards (845 passing, 685 rushing) * All-purpose yards: Jack Lentz, 704 yards (685 rushing, 19 receiving)

References

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Holy Cross Crusaders football The Holy Cross Crusaders football team is the collegiate American football program of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Patriot League, an NCAA Division I conference that participates in the F ...