<p>HC came close last year in Amherst and people are expecting attendance to reach 20,000 on Saturday for the rematch at storied Fitton Field in Worcester.</p>
<p>HC lost in a squeaker with 5 seconds to go in the game UMass kicked a field goal to win it 45-42 in front of 13,000 screaming fans at Holy Cross.</p>
<p>Another heartbreaker this week. HC loses to Yale in double OT at the Yale Bowl 31-28.</p>
<p>Just an interesting aside which i recently discovered...my uncle was on the 1942? Holy Cross orange bowl team as the starting fullback haha</p>
<p>Your uncle was on a legendary team that beat an undefeated BC team in the last game of the season in the famous "Coconut Grove" game:</p>
<p>1942 – The BC Eagles were undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the land as they headed into the final game of the season against Holy Cross on November 28. The Crusaders pulled one of the biggest upsets in college football history that day, upending BC by a 55-12 score. Many BC players and fans were so bitterly disappointed that a planned “victory party” at Boston’s Coconut Grove restaurant was canceled. The Coconut Grove was destroyed by fire that night and 490 people lost their lives.</p>