1926 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1926 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Lafayette     9 0 0
No. 10 Brown     9 0 1
NYU     8 1 0
No. 9 Army     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     7 1 1
Boston College     6 0 2
No. 10 Penn     7 1 1
Cornell     6 1 1
Princeton     5 1 1
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Springfield     6 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 1
Villanova     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 2
Columbia     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     5 2 2
CCNY     5 3 0
Temple     5 3 0
Penn State     5 4 0
Tufts     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Bucknell     4 5 1
Fordham     3 4 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Rutgers     3 6 0
Vermont     3 6 0
Drexel     2 5 0
Boston University     2 6 0
Lehigh     1 8 0
Franklin & Marshall     0 8 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 7–1–2 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Newport NavalW 34–0
October 2St. John's
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 45–0
October 9at HarvardW 19–14
October 16at Rutgers
W 21–0
October 23Western Maryland
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 20–14
October 30Dayton
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 20–7[2]
November 6Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 7–7
November 13Catholic University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–6
November 20Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–3
November 27at Boston College
T 0–040,000[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dayton Holds Holy Cross to 20-7 Score: Flyers Lose Hard Fought Battle On Eastern Gridiron". Dayton Daily News. October 31, 1926. pp. 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Monahan, Alfred J. (November 27, 1926). "Eagles Favorite To Beat Holy Cross Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Monahan, Alfred J. (November 27, 1926). "Eagles Favorites To Beat Holy Cross (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 10. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Boston College, Holy Cross Play Scoreless Tie Before 40,000". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, Ohio. November 28, 1926. p. 51. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.