The 1977 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

1977 NCAA Division I football season The 1977 NCAA Division I football season was one in which the top five teams finished with 11–1 records. Notre Dame, which beat top-ranked and undefeated Texas in the Cotton Bowl, became the national champion. The 1977 season was the last ...

. Head coach

Neil Wheelwright Neil S. Wheelwright (born August 20, 1932) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Colgate University from 1968 to 1975 and at the College of the Holy Cross form 1976 to 1980, compiling a career college footba ...

returned for his second year. The team compiled a record of 5–6. 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 1977 Crusaders included: * Rushing: Crocky Nangle, 603 yards and 4 touchdowns on 148 attempts * Passing: Peter Colombo, 508 yards, 38 completions and 2 touchdowns on 77 attempts * Receiving: Pat Kelly, 357 yards on 26 receptions * Scoring: Crocky Nangle, 26 points from 4 touchdowns and 1 two-point conversion * Total offense: Peter Colombo, 610 yards (508 passing, 102 rushing) * All-purpose yards: Larry Ewald, 923 yards (435 returning, 408 rushing, 80 receiving) * Interceptions: Herb Mihalik, 6 interceptions for 24 yards

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 ...