The Boston University–Holy Cross rivalry is an American college rivalry that exists between the Boston University Terriers sports teams of Boston University and the Holy Cross Crusaders sports teams of The College of the Holy Cross. The Terriers and Crusaders have a program-wide rivalry called the Turnpike Trophy, which BU leads 10–0 as of 2026.
Both schools are members of the Patriot League. BU and Holy Cross had been conference rivals in the past prior to the former joining the Patriot League in 2013. The two schools were in the ECAC-North Conference (now known as the America East Conference) together from 1979–83, at which point the Crusaders departed for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
All-time and Patriot League series results Sport All-time series record Patriot League series record Last resultMen's Soccer BU leads 12-1–2 BU leads 4–1 HC won 1–0 on Oct. 2, 2019Women's Soccer BU leads 8–1 BU leads 5–0 HC won 2–1 on Oct. 23, 2019Men's Basketball HC leads 56–18 BU leads 7–3 HC won 73–62 on Feb. 10, 2018 Women's Basketball HC leads 15–6 HC leads 6–4 BU won 64–58 on Feb. 10, 2018Men's Lacrosse BU leads 3–2 BU Leads 3–2 BU won 9-4 on April 20, 2018Women's Lacrosse BU leads 11–1 BU leads 5–0 BU won 16–7 on April 18, 2018Football HC leads 17–10–3 BU won 44–18 on Sep. 18, 1993
Series led and games won by BU are shaded ██. Series led and games won by Holy Cross shaded ██. Head-to-head games/matches only
Turnpike Trophy
Now in the same conference, the two schools agreed to face off for the Turnpike Trophy across all sports in 2015. BU won the inaugural trophy in 2015–2016 and leads the series 10–0. The trophy gets its name from the Massachusetts Turnpike, on which both schools are located about 42 miles away from each other.
In general, each head-to-head contest between the two schools in each sport is worth a single point in the standings. In softball, 1 point is awarded to the winner of the three game series. In sports that do not have head-to-head competition such as cross country, track & field, swimming & diving, rowing, and golf, 1 point is awarded to the school that finishes higher at the Patriot League Championships.
Yearly records
Yearly Result Overall Turnpike Trophy series BU 20–4BU led 1–0 BU 21–1BU led 2–0 BU 21–4BU led 3-0 BU 21–3BU led 4-0 BU 14–2BU led 5-0 N/ABU led 5-0 BU 17–4BU led 6-0 BU 12–8BU led 7-0 BU 15–8BU led 8-0 BU 15.5–4.5BU led 9-0 BU 15–4BU led 10-0 Sport 2015–16 2016–17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26Field Hockey BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 2 points BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 pointMen's Soccer BU 1 point BU 1 point BU / HC 1 BU 1 point HC 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point HC 1 point BU 1 point BU / HC .5 BU 1 pointWomen's Soccer BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point HC 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point BU 1 point HC 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 pointMen's Cross Country BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point N/A N/A N/A N/AWomen's Cross Country BU 1 point HC 1 point HC 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point N/A N/A N/A N/AMen's Basketball BU / HC 1 BU 2 points BU / HC 1 BU 2 points BU 2 points Cancelled BU / HC 1 HC 2 points BU / HC 1 BU / HC 1 BU 2 pointsWomen's Basketball HC 2 points BU 2 points BU / HC 1 HC 3 points BU 2 points Cancelled BU / HC 1 HC 2 / BU 1 HC 2 / BU 1 BU / HC 1 HC 2 pointsMen's Swimming/Diving BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 pointWomen's Swimming/Diving BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 pointMen's Indoor Track and Field BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AWomen's Indoor Track and Field BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AMen's Tennis BU 1 point Cancelled BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled N/A BU 1 point BU 2 points HC 1 point BU 1 pointWomen's Tennis BU 2 points BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 2 pointsWomen's Golf BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled BU 1 point N/A BU 1 point N/A N/AMen's Lacrosse HC 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 pointWomen's Lacrosse BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled HC 1 point HC 1 point HC 1 point HC 1 point HC 1 pointSoftball BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled BU 1 point BU 3 points BU 3 points BU 3 points BU 3 pointsMen's Outdoor Track and Field BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AWomen's Outdoor Track and Field BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AMen's Rowing BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AWomen's Rowing BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point BU 1 point Cancelled Cancelled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AWomen's Ice Hockey N/A N/A N/A BU 3 points BU 3 points Cancelled BU 2 / HC 1 HC 2 / BU 1 HC 3 / BU 1 BU 3 points BU / HC 1Mens's Ice Hockey N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A BU 1 point N/A
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