The 2005 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished fourth in the Patriot League.

In their second year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 6–5 record. Gideon Akande, John O'Neil and Steve Silva were the team captains.^[1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 317 to 263. Holy Cross' 3–3 conference placed fourth out of seven in the Patriot League standings.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	Sacred Heart*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 56–21	4,731	[3]
September 10	Georgetown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 48–6	8,912	[4]
September 17	No. 19 Harvard*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 21–31	8,238	[5]
September 24	at No. 6 Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 23–35	22,025	[6]
October 1	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 22–19	12,793	[7]
October 8	at No. 10 Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 13–10	5,713	[8]
October 15	Dartmouth*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–16	3,011	[9]
October 22	Colgate^	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 14–27	11,236	[10]
October 29	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 20–24	5,771	[11]
November 12	Lafayette	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 21–41	6,179	[12]
November 19	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 51–33	3,120	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Family Weekend Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game