The 1980 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 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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 fifth year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 3–8. 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

Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second-List of cities i ...

Schedule

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders for the 1980 Crusaders included: * Rushing: Mark Covington, 516 yards and 4 touchdowns on 152 attempts * Passing: Dave Boisture, 1,659 yards, 113 completions and 6 touchdowns on 262 attempts * Receiving: Brian Kelley, 639 yards and 2 touchdowns on 48 receptions * Scoring: Matt Michaud, 26 points from 14 PATs and 4 field goals * Total offense: Dave Boisture, 1,610 yards (1,659 passing, minus-49 rushing) * All-purpose yards: John Ahern, 813 yards (566 receiving, 198 returning, 49 rushing) * Interceptions: Peter George, Eric Oden and Rob Porter, 2 interceptions each (yardage: George, 23; Oden, 15; Porter, 6) * Tackles: Jim Cobb, 127 total tackles (62 solo, 65 assist)

References

{{Holy Cross Crusaders football navbox Holy Cross Holy Cross Crusaders football seasons

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 ...