By Tiffany Williams –
Georgetown is dragging its 6-5 squad up to Boston on Saturday to close out the 2025 season in a scene straight out of college-football nostalgia: a 4 p.m. kickoff at Fenway Park against a struggling Holy Cross team that’s limped to a 2-9 record. The matchup is pure Patriot League chaos – one team trying to finish with momentum, the other trying to salvage pride on one of sports’ most iconic stages.
The Hoyas roll in fresh off shutting out Fordham 14-0 on Senior Day, a defensive flex punctuated by defensive tackle Cooper Blomstrom detonating the Rams’ backfield for a career-best 4.5 sacks, six tackles, and two forced fumbles. His wrecking-ball afternoon earned him a Patriot League Weekly Honorable Mention, but more importantly, it confirmed what opponents already know: Blomstrom is the most disruptive lineman in the stadium every weekend.
Offensively, Georgetown leans on Jimmy Kibble, who has turned in a career year with 56 catches for 916 yards and four touchdowns and now sits at 2,507 career receiving yards, good for fourth in program history. Quarterback Dez Thomas II has thrown for 1,361 yards and eight touchdowns, while Hart powers the ground attack with 781 yards and 10 touchdowns on 162 carries. On defense, GianCarlo Rufo is the tackling machine with 99 stops, while Blomstrom adds 7.5 sacks and 10 quarterback hurries to his résumé.
Holy Cross, despite its ugly record, rolls in with momentum of its own after smashing Bucknell 37-20 on the road. Junior linebacker Cam Santee lit up the stat sheet with 10 tackles, two sacks, and two forced fumbles, a performance that earned him Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week. The Crusaders lean on Jayden Clerveaux’s 713 rushing yards and five touchdowns, with quarterback Cal Swanson adding 1,021 passing yards and six touchdowns. Max Mosey leads HC’s receivers with 45 catches for 453 yards.
The history between these two programs is long and lopsided. This will be their 34th meeting since 1904, and Holy Cross has dominated the series 23-10. Georgetown hasn’t beaten the Crusaders since a 21-16 win back in 2014. Adding to the historical weight: the Hoyas haven’t played at Fenway since 1940, when an undefeated GU squad fell 19-18 to Boston College in front of 40,000 fans.
This time, neither team is undefeated and neither is drawing 40,000. But the stakes are real. Georgetown wants to close the book on a winning season. Holy Cross wants to avoid stumbling into winter with a three-win campaign. And Fenway Park, sitting cold and green under the November sky, is ready to host whatever chaos the Patriot League has left to give.
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