1928 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1928 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–2
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (10th season)
Captain	Richard Phelan
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ←  1927 1929  →

1928 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					9	–	0	–	0
West Chester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	0	–	1
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Penn			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
Drexel			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 NYU			–					8	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	2
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					5	–	1	–	2
CCNY			–					4	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	3
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					3	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	5	–	2
Providence			–					1	–	5	–	3
Vermont			–					1	–	7	–	2
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 5–3–2 record. ^[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Newport Naval	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 12–0
October 6	St. John's	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 44–0
October 13	at Rutgers	Newark School Stadium Newark, NJ	W 46–0		[2]
October 20	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 13–19
October 27	Marquette	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 6–6	10,000	[3]
November 3	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–6
November 10	Boston University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 15–0
November 17	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	T 0–0
November 24	Providence College	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 44–0		[4]
December 1	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–19	35,000	[5]

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
2. "Holy Cross buries Rutgers eleven to win fourth straight". Hartford Courant . October 14, 1928. p. 2C. Retrieved September 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
3. "Marquette Draws With Holy Cross". The Indianapolis Star . Indianapolis, Indiana. Associated Press. October 28, 1928. p. 40. Retrieved May 28, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Scrubs carry Holy Cross to 44–0 victory". The Hartford Courant. November 25, 1928. Retrieved May 4, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Beantown Team Gridiron Victor". The Lincoln Star . Lincoln, Nebraska. International News Service. December 2, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved May 28, 2021– via Newspapers.com .