Patriot League Week 2

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Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
Sacred Heart	Lehigh	12:00 P.M.	Bethlehem, Pa.	TV: ESPN+ Stats Video
Lafayette	Stonehill	1:00 P.M.	Easton, Mass.	TV: NEC Front Row Video
Wagner College	Georgetown	1:00 P.M.	Washington, D.C.	Stats Video
Bucknell	Marist University	1:00 P.M.	Poughkeepsie, NY	TV: ESPN+Stats Video
Colgate	Villanova	6:00 P.M.	Villanova, Pa.	TV: FloSportsVideo
Richmond	Wofford	6:00 P.M.	Spartanburg, S.C.	TV: ESPN+ Video
Holy Cross	New Hampshire	6:00 P.M.	Durham, N.H.	Stats Video
Monmouth University	Fordham	6:00 P.M.	Bronx, N.Y.	Stats Radio: WFUV (90.7 FM)

Sat, Sep 6, 2025 Football​

 

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Twiddling thumbs waiting for our game to kick off...

PL is 4–0 so far today against lower-level opponents. Some of them were close a decent amount of the way, but all ended up double-digit margins.

Colgate has its hands full against Villanova, though they just got on the board to cut the deficit to 14–7. Wild one between Fordham and Monmouth so far, with the Hawks just scoring a TD on the final play of the first quarter to go up 21–14. Holy Cross/UNH could be a good one.

 

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Colgate tied it up late in the third, but Villanova got a 56-yard TD pass right back and held on in the fourth to take the 24–17 win.

Monmouth pulled away from Fordham in the 4th quarter to win by 3 touchdowns.

Under 2 minutes to play with UNH and Holy Cross tied at 16. HC had first and goal but went backwards and they just missed a 34-yard field goal try.

 

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UNH marches down the field with the help of a roughing the passer call, and hits a 40-yard FG as time expires to take the 19–16 win. Another missed opportunity for the PL.

 

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Is Holy Cross the best 0-3 team in the country? Very close losses to FBS Northern Illinois, good UNH, and top 10 Rhode Island team. Had they gone 2-1 with loss to only NIU they’d be top 20, 3-0 and they’d be close to top 10.

 

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Is Holy Cross the best 0-3 team in the country? Very close losses to FBS Northern Illinois, good UNH, and top 10 Rhode Island team. Had they gone 2-1 with loss to only NII they’d be top 20, 3-0 and they’d be close to top 10.

No doubt that Holy Cross is going to get some wins and will be near the top of the Patriot League. Too bad that the CAA is getting wins in the majority of the head to head matchups between the leagues, but it does seem that the Patriot League is improving top to bottom. I expect to see a bunch of competitive football games every week once conference play begins.