1952 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1952 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (9th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ←  1951 1953  →

1952 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rochester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Hofstra			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	1
No. 14 Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In its ninth year under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled an 8–2 record. ^[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 27–9	14,327	[2]
October 4	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 12–7	21,895	[3]
October 11	at NYU	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	W 35–0	5,000	[4]
October 18	Brown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 46–0	7,500	[5]
October 25	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 19–20	18,000	[6]
November 1	at Marquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 7–0	20,050	[7]
November 8	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 13–7	10,000	[8]
November 16	Quantico Marines	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 18–27	12,000	[9]
November 22	Temple	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–0	1,600	[10]
November 29	vs. Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 21–7	37,889	[11]
Homecoming

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
2. "Holy Cross Subdues Dartmouth by 27-9". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. September 28, 1952. p. S1.
3. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 5, 1952). "Holy Cross Squeezes Past Fordham, 12-7, Despite Being Outrushed and Outpassed". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Keane, Clif (October 12, 1952). "Maloy Tosses 3 Scoring Passes in Holy Cross Romp". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 19, 1952). "Holy Cross Rambles to 46-0 Triumph over Brown". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Slattery, Jack (October 26, 1952). "Syracuse Edges Holy Cross, 20-19". The Sunday Press . Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
7. Keane, Clif (November 2, 1952). "Holy Cross Beats Marquette, 7-0". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1952). "H.C. Defeats Colgate, 13-7". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Keane, Clif (November 16, 1952). "Marines Topple H.C., 27-18, Despite Maloy's Passing". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Baumgartner, Stan (November 23, 1952). "Temple Loses to Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Nason, Jerry (November 28, 1952). "H.C. Cashes B.C. Miscues for 21-7 Win". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.