Full season ticket packages for Holy Cross' five home games, including the Crusaders' four games at Fitton Field and one contest at Polar Park, begin at just $80 and provide fans access to a number of exclusive benefits. Season tickets are now on sale to watch the four-time defending Patriot League champion Holy Cross football team during the upcoming 2023 season.
The Crusaders posted their first 11-0 regular season since 1991. Holy Cross won a program-record 12 games and finished with a 12-1 record, falling in the NCAA FCS quarterfinals to eventual national champion South Dakota State. Holy Cross returns to the gridiron in 2023 after a record-setting 2022 campaign, in which the Crusaders secured their fourth consecutive Patriot League championship. He has earned All-Patriot League honors two seasons in a row, and was recognized in 2022 as both a defensive back and special teams non-specialist on the All-Patriot League first team. He blocked a punt in four consecutive games, leading the nation and setting a Patriot League record in that category, and returning two punts for touchdowns. He started all 13 games last year for the Crusaders, totaling 47 tackles, four interceptions, 12 pass breakups and a fumble recovery. Haskins earned Walter Camp FCS All-America and AFCA All-America honors in 2022, in addition to being named to the All-New England team. In 34 career games, Dobbs has totaled 309 tackles, including 34.5 tackles for a loss of 141 yards, and 16.5 sacks. He is a three-time All-Patriot League honoree and has served as a captain since 2020. He was also a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award in 2021. In 2021, Dobbs was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-America honors from Stats Perform, AFCA, HERO Sports and the Associated Press. In 1978, his coaching staff included pitching coach Al Jackson, hitting coach Walt Hriniak, 1st base coach Johnny Pesky and 3rd base coach Eddie Yost.Senior linebacker Jacob Dobbs and senior cornerback Devin Haskins of the Holy Cross football team have been named to the preseason watch list for the Buck Buchanan Award, given annually to the national defensive player of the year in Division I FCS college football and presented by Stats Perform and FedEx Ground.īoth Dobbs and Haskins were additionally named to the Stats Perform Preseason All-America team, as announced this week.ĭobbs, who was named the Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, returns for his fifth season at Holy Cross this fall after appearing in just four contests in 2022 prior to an injury. As solace for what happened in 1978, he fully deserved his later reputation as major league baseball's most beloved mascot, and occasional amateur wrestler. In 1978, it fell to Don Zimmer to be next in the line of Sox managers who were able to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.
On the farm in '78, Rich Gedman was at Winter Haven, and Wade Boggs played at Bristol. A play-off game was held October 2nd in Fenway Park, and Russell Earl Dent received a new nickname. They then won 13 of 16, including their final 8, to force the famous tie. By early September they had lost 14 of 17 and trailed the Yankees by 3.5. 191 team average during that same time), Eckersley became their only effective starter and a number of stars were nursing nagging injuries.
In August and September, their defense began to fail them (26 errors over one 11-game span), their bats fell asleep (a. Things began unraveling during a 10 game road trip in late July which saw them go 2-8, and dropped their team batting average from. For most of the year they looked like world beaters - they were in first place from May 24th through September 10th, and led by as many as 14 games in July. Rather than standing pat during the off-season, they added key personnel - Jack Brohamer and Frank Duffy shored up the infield defense, Tom Burgmeier offered additional bullpen help, and Dennis Eckersley and Mike Torrez (recently of the 1977 champions Yankees) improved an already-strong rotation. Three years removed from their pennant-winning 1975 season, and a year after finishing in a second place tie with the Orioles, 2 1/2 games behind the Yankees, the Red Sox appeared primed for success in 1978.
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