1926 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1926 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1–2
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (8th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ←  1925 1927  →

1926 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Newport Naval	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–0
October 2	St. John's	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 45–0
October 9	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 19–14
October 16	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 21–0
October 23	Western Maryland	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 20–14
October 30	Dayton	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 20–7		[2]
November 6	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 7–7
November 13	Catholic University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 14–6
November 20	Boston University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–3
November 27	at Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA	T 0–0	40,000	[3] [4] [5]

References

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 .
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 .
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 .