1917 Holy Cross football team

1917 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4
Head coach	Luke Kelly (4th season)
Captain	Raymond Lynch
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ←  1916 1918  →

1917 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

The 1917 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1917 college football season.

The team compiled a 3–4 record in its fourth and final year under head coach Luke Kelly, who had stepped down after the 1916 season, but returned after his successor, Frank Cavanaugh, entered the United States Army. ^[1] Raymond Lynch was the team captain for the second consecutive year. ^[2]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 12	Brown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–27		[3]
October 20	at Fordham	Fordham Field Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 0–12		[4]
October 27	Rhode Island State	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 13–0		[5]
November 3	at Colgate	Utica, NY	L 0–21		[6]
November 10	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 6–34	5,000	[7]
November 17	Rensselaer	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 41–13		[8]
November 29	Springfield YMCA	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 13–7		[9]

References

1. "Kelly Returns". Youngstown Vindicator. September 22, 1917. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
2. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
3. "Heavy Brown Team Beats Holy Cross". The Sun . New York, N.Y. October 13, 1917. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fordham Defeats Holy Cross Eleven". The Sun . New York, N.Y. October 21, 1917. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Holy Cross Blanks Rhode Island State". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 28, 1917. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Colgate Scores in Three Periods on Holy Cross Team". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. November 4, 1917. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Boston College, Well Drilled in Football, Triumphs over Holy Cross Eleven, 34 to 6". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 11, 1917. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Holy Cross, After Bad Start, Overwhelms Rensselaer". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 18, 1917. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Holy Cross Winds Up Season". The Sun . New York, N.Y. November 30, 1917. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.