2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 2003 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross tied for last in the Patriot League.

In their eighth and final year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 1–11 record. Ari Confesor, Steve Fox, Ben Koller and Nick Larsen were the team captains.^[1]

The Crusaders were outscored 478 to 322. Holy Cross' 1–6 conference record tied for worst in the Patriot League standings.^[2] The Crusaders' sole win came against fellow Patriot League cellar-dweller Georgetown.

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 20–38	8,697	[3]
September 13	Georgetown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 42–34	6,412	[4]
September 20	Harvard*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 23–43	10,312	[5]
September 27	at San Diego*	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	L 45–46 2OT	4,449	[6]
October 4	Yale*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 16–41		[1]
October 11	at Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	L 13–30	8,125	[7]
October 18	Dartmouth^*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 20–24	7,863	[8]
October 25	at FIU*	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	L 23–34	4,506	[9]
November 1	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 31–53	8,132	[10]
November 8	at No. 19 Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 28–49	5,277	[11]
November 15	Lafayette	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 13–41	2,821	[12]
November 22	No. 6 Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 38–45	10,166	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Family Weekend Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game