CAA

Wildcats Outlast Holy Cross, Advance to Quarterfinals With 21-16 Victory`

VILLANOVA, Pa.—In its first December game in exactly five years #5 seed Villanova (10-2) persevered in a hard, physical game to outlast Holy Cross (10-3) for a 21-16 victory in front of 5,109 at Villanova Stadium on Friday night. The win advances the Wildcats to the quarterfinal round of the Division I Football Championship where they will face either #4 seed Sacramento State or South Dakota State. Those teams are playing a second round game on Saturday night starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time. This will be the first quarterfinal appearance in the FCS playoffs for Villanova since 2014.