The 2008 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.

In their fifth year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7–4 record. Daryl Brown and Dominic Randolph were the team captains.^[1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 378 to 284. Their 5–1 conference record placed just half a game behind first place in the seven-team 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 6	No. 4 UMass*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 42–45	12,781	[3]
September 19	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 24–25	20,462	[4]
September 27	at Georgetown	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC	W 38–14	2,233	[5]
October 4	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 28–31 2OT	14,512	[6]
October 11	Brown*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 41–34	7,493	[7]
October 18	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 44–26	7,518	[8]
October 25	Lehigh^	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 35–21	11,558	[9]
November 1	Bucknell	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–17		[1]
November 8	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 38–17	6,277	[10]
November 15	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 27–26	7,439	[11]
November 22	at No. 21 Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 27–28	4,862	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Family Weekend Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game