1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. T–14
Record8–0–2
Head coach
Home stadium Fitton Field
Fenway Park (alternate)
Seasons
  1936
1938  
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova   8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham   7 0 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   7 0 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   8 0 2
St. Thomas (PA)   6 1 1
No. 12 Yale   6 1 1
Army   7 2 0
Boston University   6 2 0
Cornell   5 2 1
Harvard   5 2 1
Syracuse   5 2 1
CCNY   5 2 0
No. 12 Manhattan   6 3 1
Penn State   5 3 0
Duquesne   6 4 0
Brown   5 4 0
NYU   5 4 0
Temple   3 2 4
Boston College   4 4 1
Bucknell   3 3 2
Buffalo   4 4 0
Princeton   4 4 0
Tufts   3 4 1
Colgate   3 5 0
Columbia   2 5 2
Hofstra   2 4 0
Carnegie Tech   2 5 1
Penn   2 5 1
Providence   2 6 0
Vermont   2 6 0
La Salle   2 7 0
Massachusetts State   1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1937 college football season. The Crusaders were led by fifth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston. Despite losing key defensive players from the year prior, the Crusaders' defense was one of the best in the country, allowing only three touchdowns all season. [1] Holy Cross went undefeated on the year, with a record of 8–0–2, finishing tied for 14th in the final AP poll. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Saint Anselm W 21–015,000 [3]
October 2 Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 7–0 [4]
October 9 Georgetown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 27–6
October 16 Georgia W 7–6 [5]
October 23 Western Maryland No. T–20
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0
October 30 Temple No. T–18
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 0–0
November 6 Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–7
November 13at Brown No. 19W 7–0
November 20 Carnegie Tech No. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 0–0
November 27vs. Boston College No. 17
W 20–035,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. Nelson, Jerry (November 25, 1937). "Holy Cross Defense Proves Baffling as Crusaders Prepare for Battle with Eagles". Daily Boston Globe. p. 29.
  2. "1937 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. "Holy Cross Victor, 21-0". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, New York. Associated Press. September 26, 1937. p. 44. Retrieved June 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Holy Cross winner over Providence". The Hartford Courant. October 3, 1937. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. McGill, Ralph (October 16, 1937). "Georgia Underdog Against Holy Cross: Bulldogs in Shape Except for Stevens". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 10.
  6. "1937 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  7. "Holy Cross Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2017.