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1971 Holy Cross Crusaders football
1971 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	Ed Doherty (1st season);
Captains	William Adams; Daniel Harper; William Stachowski;
Home stadium	Fitton Field
	Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Penn State		–		11	–	1	–	0
Boston College		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Houston		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		8	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		7	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	2	–	1
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
Army		–		6	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		5	–	5	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	5	–	1
Dayton		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	7	–	0
Rutgers		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		3	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	8	–	0
Marshall		–		2	–	8	–	0
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Ed Doherty took over for his first year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 4–6.^[1]

Holy Cross competed as an independent despite having announced in May 1971 that the Crusaders, along with the Boston University Terriers, would join the Yankee Conference. Because their previous scheduling commitments would not allow them to play the full Yankee round-robin in 1971 and 1972, HC and BU continued to compete as football independents and were not eligible for the Yankee Conference championship.^[2] Holy Cross did play non-conference games against two longstanding Yankee teams in 1971, losing to both Connecticut and Massachusetts.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 21–16	14,000	^[3]
October 2	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 9–28	13,750	^[4]
October 9	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–14	15,000	^[5]
October 16	Boston University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–14	17,500	^[6]
October 23	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 21–63	18,308	^[7]
October 30	Northeastern^	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 17–7	14,000	^[8]
November 6	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 27–38	14,500	^[9]
November 13	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 13–14	8,500	^[10]
November 20	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 17–24	14,397	^[11]
November 27	vs. Boston College	Schaefer Stadium Foxborough, MA (rivalry)	L 12–48	22,205	^[12]
Homecoming ^ Family Weekend

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders for the 1971 Crusaders included:^[13]

Rushing: Joe Wilson, 973 yards and 9 touchdowns on 177 attempts
Passing: Mickey Connolly, 433 yards, 35 completions and 4 touchdowns on 85 attempts
Receiving: Jack VonOhlen, 260 yards and 2 touchdowns on 16 receptions
Scoring: Joe Wilson, 54 points from 9 touchdowns
Total offense: Joe Wilson, 973 yards (all rushing)
All-purpose yards: Joe Wilson, 1,128 yards (973 rushing, 114 receiving)
Interceptions: Dan Harper, 5 interceptions for 93 yards