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Holy Cross

FBSI · 1978 Season · Final

Struggling
Record
7–4
0.636 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
53
1899–1981
All-Time Record
264–233–27
0.530 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#9
1938
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 0 · Top 10: 1 · Top 25: 8
  • Divisional Era · 25 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 1 seasons
  • Pioneer Era · 7 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Holy Cross head-to-head · History & Eras

1978 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
3Week 3 · Sep 12NEW HAMPSHIREUnranked—W 19–14
4Week 4 · Sep 19Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI3–8W 27–14
5Week 5 · Sep 26Air Force (AIR FORCE)H2HIND FBSI3–8W 35–18
6Week 6 · Oct 3Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY6–3W 35–0
8Week 8 · Oct 17Army (ARMY)H2HIND FBSI4–6–1W 31–0
10Week 10 · Oct 31Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–3L 25–31
11Week 11 · Nov 7BOSTON UNIVERSITYUnranked—L 7–15
12Week 12 · Nov 14MASSACHUSETTSUnranked—L 8–33
13Week 13 · Nov 21Rutgers (RUTGERS)H2HIND FBSI9–3L 21–31
14Week 14 · Nov 28CONNECTICUTUnranked—W 20–16
14Regular Season Final · Dec 5Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)H2HIND FBSI0–11W 30–29

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
3.388
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+10
-6+16
  • Dartmouth +6
  • Army +4
  • Colgate +3
  • Air Force +3
  • Boston College 0
  • Brown -3
  • Rutgers -3

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #69Better than 50%
Win % Place 42ndBetter than 70%

0.636 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#69Regular Season Final#69Post-Season W1#70Post-Season W2#70Post-Season W3#69Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+5
+13
+17
+35
+31
-6
-8
-25
-10
+4
+1

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#921973#741974#1371975#1251976#1441977

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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