The Holy Cross Crusaders have announced their 2025 football schedule, which includes five home games and 12 contests overall.
Holy Cross is scheduled to open the 2025 season with back-to-back road non-conference games against the Northern Illinois Huskies on Saturday, Aug. 30 and the New Hampshire Wildcats on Saturday, Sept. 6.
The Crusaders open their home slate at Fitton Field in Worcester, Mass., on Sept. 13 against the Rhode Island Rams. The following week on Sept, 20, Holy Cross returns to the road to face the Yale Bulldogs.
The first Patriot League contest for Holy Cross is up next, and it’s a road matchup against the Fordham Rams on Sept. 27. Holy Cross then returns home to close out its non-conference schedule against the Harvard Crimson for Homecoming on Oct. 4.
The remainder of Holy Cross’ schedule in 2025 is all Patriot League action — at Richmond (Oct. 18), vs. Colgate (Oct. 25), vs. Lafayette (Nov. 1), at Lehigh (Nov. 8), at Bucknell (Nov. 15), and vs. Georgetown (Nov. 22).
Below is the complete 2025 schedule for Holy Cross, plus a link to its schedule page which will be updated with kickoff times and TV as they are announced:
2025 Holy Cross Football Schedule
- 08/30 – at Northern Illinois
- 09/06 – at New Hampshire
- 09/13 – Rhode Island
- 09/20 – at Yale
- 09/27 – at Fordham*
- 10/04 – Harvard
- 10/11 – OFF
- 10/18 – at Richmond*
- 10/25 – Colgate*
- 11/01 – Lafayette*
- 11/08 – at Lehigh*
- 11/15 – at Bucknell*
- 11/22 – Georgetown*
* Patriot League contest.
In their first season under head coach Dan Curran in 2024, Holy Cross claimed a share of the Patriot League championship after finishing 5-1 (6-6 overall).
By my count, there are still 43 FCS schools that NEED at least 1 more non-conference game for 2025. There are 13 additional schools that could schedule an extra non-conference game if they wish.
There are 8 FBS schools that still need 1 more non-conference game, and 6 more that could add an extra one if they wish (since they play at Hawai’i). Additionally, since UMass is joining the MAC next year, they still need to cancel 2 non-conference games. That means there will be 1-2 more FBS schools in need of a non-conference game, and potentially Bryant if UMass cancels that game.
Very detailed empirically checkable research, Evan.
UMass has dropped both BC and UConn from their 2025 schedule. It would make sense for BC and UConn to schedule each other for next season, though both were supposed to play UMass at home.