1989 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1989 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross swept its conference and won its third Colonial League championship in four years.

In their fourth year under head coach Mark Duffner, the Crusaders compiled a 10–1 record. Tim Donovan, Randy Pedro, Chris Maruca and Dave Murphy were the team captains.^[1]

The Crusaders outscored opponents 396 to 161. Holy Cross' undefeated (4–0) conference record placed first in the five-team Colonial League standings.^[2]

The Crusaders started the year at No. 8 in the national Division I-AA rankings and reached as high as No. 3. They were ranked No. 4 at season's end but did not participate in the national championship playoffs, as Colonial League rules at the time prohibited postseason play.

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Villanova*	No. 8	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 38–17	12,881	[3]
September 16	at Lafayette	No. 8	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 23–21	10,700	[4]
September 23	at Harvard*	No. 4	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 31–17	17,500	[5]
September 30	Princeton*	No. 4	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 46–0	16,442	[6]
October 7	at Dartmouth*	No. 3	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 33–7	7,107	[7]
October 14	at Army*	No. 3	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 9–45	40,869	[8]
October 21	Colgate^	No. 9	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 31–6	17,803	[9]
October 28	Brown*	No. 8	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 49–13	8,614	[10]
November 4	Northeastern*	No. 6	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 46–13	8,335	[11]
November 11	at Lehigh	No. 6	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 55–16	7,727	[12]
November 18	at Bucknell	No. 4	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 35–6	4,662	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Family Weekend Rankings from the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game