Ram–Crusader Cup

Fordham Rams

Holy Cross Crusaders

Sport

Football

First meeting

November 8, 1902
Holy Cross 17, Fordham 0

Latest meeting

November 12, 2016
Fordham 54, Holy Cross 14

Next meeting

2017

Trophy

Ram–Crusader Cup

Fordham celebrates winning the 2016 Cup at Yankee Stadium.

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Holy Cross leads, 27–25–2

Largest victory

Holy Cross, 60–0 (1913)

Longest win streak

Holy Cross, 11 (1947–1994)

Longest unbeaten streak

Holy Cross, 12 (1931–1994)

Current win streak

Fordham, 5 (2012–present)

The Ram–Crusader Cup is the name of the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the Fordham Rams and the Holy Cross Crusaders.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] Both schools are members of the Patriot League.

The Ram–Crusader Cup has been contested since 1951, when the cup was dedicated to the memory of Major Frank W. Cavanaugh.^[11] The “Iron Major” spent three seasons as the head coach at Holy Cross (1903–1905) where he achieved a 19–10–2 record, and six seasons as the head coach at Fordham (1927–1932) where his record was 34–14–4.^[12] Major Cavanaugh died in August, 1933.

Fordham has won the past five games between the two squads, but Holy Cross leads the Ram–Crusader Cup series, 16–15. Since the all-time series began in 1902, the Crusaders lead 27–25–2.

Game results

Fordham victories
Holy Cross victories
Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score		Series
#	Date	Location	Winner	FU	HC	Overall	Trophy
1	November 8, 1902	New York, NY	Holy Cross	0	17	HC 1–0
2	November 20, 1905	New York, NY	Holy Cross	5	27	HC 2–0
3	November 3, 1906	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	5	8	HC 3–0
4	November 29, 1906	New York, NY	Holy Cross	6	15	HC 4–0
5	November 2, 1907	Worcester, MA	Fordham	35	0	HC 4–1
6	November 28, 1907	New York, NY	Fordham	35	0	HC 4–2
7	November 20, 1909	New York, NY	Fordham	9	5	HC 4–3
8	November 15, 1913	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	0	60	HC 5–3
9	October 23, 1915	New York, NY	Fordham	9	0	HC 5–4
10	November 18, 1916	Worcester, MA	Fordham	40	0	Tied 5–5
11	October 20, 1917	New York, NY	Fordham	12	0	FU 6–5
12	November 18, 1922	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	0	28	Tied 6–6
13	November 10, 1923	New York, NY	Holy Cross	7	23	HC 7–6
14	October 25, 1924	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	0	13	HC 8–6
15	November 7, 1925	New York, NY	Fordham	17	0	HC 8–7
16	November 6, 1926	Worcester, MA	Tied	7	7	HC 8–7–1
17	November 5, 1927	New York, NY	Holy Cross	2	7	HC 9–7–1
18	October 20, 1928	Worcester, MA	Fordham	19	13	HC 9–8–1
19	October 19, 1929	New York, NY	Fordham	7	0	Tied 9–9–1
20	October 18, 1930	Worcester, MA	Fordham	6	0	FU 10–9–1
21	October 17, 1931	New York, NY	Tied	6	6	FU 10–9–2
22	November 22, 1947	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	0	48	Tied 10–10–2
23	November 13, 1948	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	6	13	HC 11–10–2
24	October 6, 1951	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	20	54	HC 12–10–2	HC 1–0
25	October 4, 1952	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	7	12	HC 13–10–2	HC 2–0
26	November 21, 1953	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	7	20	HC 14–10–2	HC 3–0
27	November 13, 1954	New York, NY	Holy Cross	19	20	HC 15–10–2	HC 4–0
28	November 10, 1990	New York, NY	Holy Cross	0	48	HC 16–10–2	HC 5–0
29	November 16, 1991	Limerick, Ireland	Holy Cross^A	19	24	HC 17–10–2	HC 6–0
30	November 21, 1992	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	13	21	HC 18–10–2	HC 7–0
31	November 20, 1993	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	12	28	HC 19–10–2	HC 8–0
32	October 29, 1994	New York, NY	Holy Cross	21	31	HC 20–10–2	HC 9–0
33	October 28, 1995	Hamilton, Bermuda	Fordham	17	10	HC 20–11–2	HC 9–1
34	November 2, 1996	New York, NY	Fordham	28	0	HC 20–12–2	HC 9–2
35	November 22, 1997	Worcester, MA	Fordham	28	12	HC 20–13–2	HC 9–3
36	November 14, 1998	Worcester, MA	Fordham	13	10	HC 20–14–2	HC 9–4
37	November 13, 1999	New York, NY	Holy Cross	14	37	HC 21–14–2	HC 10–4
38	November 18, 2000	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	20	27	HC 22–14–2	HC 11–4
39	November 17, 2001	New York, NY	Fordham	24	21	HC 22–15–2	HC 11–5
40	November 9, 2002	Worcester, MA	Fordham	37	27	HC 22–16–2	HC 11–6
41	November 8, 2003	New York, NY	Fordham	49	28	HC 22–17–2	HC 11–7
42	October 2, 2004	Worcester, MA	Fordham	42	35	HC 22–18–2	HC 11–8
43	October 29, 2005	New York, NY	Fordham	24	20	HC 22–19–2	HC 11–9
44	September 30, 2006	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	21	28	HC 23–19–2	HC 12–9
45	November 3, 2007	New York, NY	Fordham	24	21	HC 23–20–2	HC 12–10
46	November 8, 2008	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	17	38	HC 24–20–2	HC 13–10
47	October 31, 2009	New York, NY	Holy Cross	27	41	HC 25–20–2	HC 14–10
48	October 2, 2010	Worcester, MA	Holy Cross	31	36	HC 26–20–2	HC 15–10
49	November 19, 2011	New York, NY	Holy Cross	21	41	HC 27–20–2	HC 16–10
50	October 27, 2012	Worcester, MA	Fordham	36	32	HC 27–21–2	HC 16–11
51	November 2, 2013	New York, NY	Fordham	32	30	HC 27–22–2	HC 16–12
52	September 27, 2014	Worcester, MA	Fordham	45	16	HC 27–23–2	HC 16–13
53	October 17, 2015	New York, NY	Fordham	47 ^OT	41	HC 27–24–2	HC 16–14
54	November 12, 2016	New York, NY	Fordham	54	14	HC 27–25–2	HC 16–15
	Totals			1002	1113	HC 27–25–2	HC 16–15

^A 1991 Wild Geese Classic
^[13]

References

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Fordham Rams football

Venues	Polo Grounds 1928-1942; 1946-1950; 1953-1954, Downing Stadium 1951-1952, Coffey Field (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Ram–Crusader Cup (Holy Cross) The Liberty Cup (Columbia) 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic 1942 Sugar Bowl

Culture & lore	First televised football game Seven Blocks of Granite The Ram "The Ram"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Holy Cross Crusaders football

Venues	Worcester Oval (1896–1907) Fitton Field (1908–present)

Bowls & rivalries	1946 Orange Bowl Boston College Ram–Crusader Cup (Fordham)

Culture & lore	The Crusader "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!" Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Patriot League football rivalries

Conference	Ram–Crusader Cup (Fordham–Holy Cross) The Rivalry (Lehigh–Lafayette)

Non-conference	Boston College–Holy Cross Colgate–Syracuse The Liberty Cup (Fordham–Columbia) D.C. Cup (Georgetown–Howard)

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