The 2009 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Tom Gilmore and played their home games at Fitton Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 9–3, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in first place and won the conference title. They went to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Villanova, 38–28.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	1:00 pm	Georgetown	No. 25	Fitton Field Worcester, MA		W 20–7	5,897	[1][2]
September 12	1:00 pm	Sacred Heart*	No. 25	Fitton Field Worcester, MA		W 52–21	2,897	[3][4]
September 19	1:00 pm	No. 25 Harvard*	No. 23	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	WCTR	W 27–20	12,889	[5][6]
October 3	1:00 pm	at Northeastern*	No. 21	Parsons Field Brookline, MA		W 42–21	1,103	[7][8]
October 10	12:30 pm	at Brown*	No. 19	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		L 31–34	5,110	[9][10]
October 17	1:00 pm	Dartmouth*	No. 25	Fitton Field Worcester, MA		W 34–14	8,788	[11][12]
October 24	1:00 pm	No. 17 Colgate	No. 22	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	WCTR	W 42–28	9,547	[13][14]
October 31	1:00 pm	at Fordham	No. 17	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Ram–Crusader Cup)		W 41–27	3,449	[15][16]
November 7	12:30 pm	at Lehigh	No. 13	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	SE2	W 24–20	9,797	[17][18]
November 14	12:00 pm	No. 20 Lafayette	No. 13	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	WCTR	W 28–26	5,291	[19][20]
November 21	1:00 pm	at Bucknell	No. 13	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA		L 17–23	1,917	[21][22]
November 28	12:00 pm	at No. 2 Villanova*	No. 17	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN2	L 28–38	4,319	[23][24]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time