2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2006 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished third in the Patriot League.

In their third year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. Dan Adams, Casey Gough, Frank Herlihy and Chris Nielsen were the team captains.^[1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 275 to 235. Their 4–2 conference record placed third in the seven-team Patriot League standings.^[2]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at Georgetown	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC	W 26–13	1,845	[3]
September 9	Northeastern*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 14–24	8,112	[4]
September 16	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 14–31	11,209	[5]
September 23	at Marist*	Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY	W 27–0	2,026	[6]
September 30	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 28–21	9,547	[7]
October 7	Brown*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 35–30	4,497	[8]
October 14	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–21 OT	7,414	[9]
October 21	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 38–28	7,893	[10]
October 28	No. 17 Lehigh^	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 14–28	1,428	[11]
November 4	Bucknell	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 27–10	5,126	[12]
November 11	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 28–29	2,356	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Family Weekend Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game