The 1974 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 wi ...

team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the

1974 NCAA Division I football season The 1974 NCAA Division I football season finished with two national champions. The Associated Press (AP) writers' poll ranked the University of Oklahoma, which was on probation and barred by the NCAA from postseason play, No. 1 at season's end. ...

. Ed Doherty returned for his fourth year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 5–5–1. 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 1974 Crusaders included: * Rushing: Steve Hunt, 427 yards on 104 attempts * Passing: Bob Morton, 1,077 yards, 101 completions and 8 touchdowns on 188 attempts * Receiving: Dave Quehl, 801 yards and 6 touchdowns on 62 receptions * Scoring: Jerry Kelley, 42 points from 21 PATs and 7 field goals * Total offense: Bob Morton, 1,483 yards (1,077 passing, 406 rushing) * All-purpose yards: Dave Quehl, 807 yards (801 receiving, 6 returning) * Interceptions: John Provost, 10 interceptions for 157 yards

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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 ...