Tampa Catholic hosted its Homecoming, Tailgate Cookout, and Football Game on Friday, October 12, 2018 which started at 5:00 p.m. The Tailgate with Crusader alumni, family and friends was from 5:00-7:00 PM in the new location in the TC Cafeteria. Everyone enjoyed a TC tailgate cookout featuring grilled hamburgers or hotdogs, baked beans, garden salad, potato salad and drink. For the future Crusader (kids), there was a bounce house and Crusader face tattoos. The Kona Ice Truck was also on hand selling delicious frozen treats. Tours of the campus were also available. After that, everyone marched out to Crusader Stadium to watch the 2018 Homecoming Football Game as the Crusaders squared off against the Cypress Creek High School Coyotes. The Kickoff was at 7:00PM. Homecoming Queen and King and their Court were announced at halftime.

Crusaders Wait 43 Years for First Real Homecoming!

Every fall, schools from Washington, DC, to California call their former students back to campus to reunite the far-flung members of their extended families. It is a tradition called Homecoming. Tampa Catholic has celebrated Homecoming since its early football teams began playing in the 1960's. Unfortunately, the team was never able to play its Homecoming game, or any games at home. Even without a stadium on the campus, the Crusader faithful made wherever they played their home games their field and Crusader Spirit was famous in the Tampa area.

After forty years of nomadic existence, the modern era of Crusader Homecoming began in 2005 when Tampa Catholic played it first home game and Homecoming in their new stadium. This marked the culmination of a nearly twenty year quest to obtain permission from the City of Tampa to raise funds and build the facility. Finally, all of TC's children could "Come Home to Rome".

On October 21, 2005, undaunted by impending hurricane Wilma, an overflow crowd watched the Crusaders defeat Admiral Farragut Academy 27-7 for their first homecoming game at home and first-ever home win.