1969 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1969 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
Captains
  • Thomas F. Lamb
  • William D. Moncevicz
Home stadium Fitton Field
Seasons
  1968
1970  
1969 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State   11 0 0
No. 17 West Virginia   10 1 0
No. 12 Houston   9 2 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   8 2 1
Buffalo   6 3 0
Rutgers   6 3 0
Villanova   6 3 0
Florida State   6 3 1
Colgate   5 3 1
Air Force   6 4 0
West Texas State   6 4 0
Boston College   5 4 0
New Mexico State   5 5 0
Southern Miss   5 5 0
Syracuse   5 5 0
Army   4 5 1
VPI   4 5 1
Georgia Tech   4 6 0
Miami (FL)   4 6 0
Pittsburgh   4 6 0
Dayton   3 7 0
Marshall   3 7 0
Northern Illinois   3 7 0
Tulane   3 7 0
Utah State   3 7 0
Idaho   2 8 0
Navy   1 9 0
Xavier   1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Head coach Bill Whitton led the team for his first year. [1]

Contents

Only the first two games of Holy Cross' 10-game schedule were played, both away losses. [1] For the team's second game, 13 players were listed as injured, including eight with hepatitis. [2]

Cancellation

Two days after the Dartmouth game, with all team members affected—20 players positively ill and 55 "probably ill"—the college canceled its remaining games. Coaches and other football staff were also stricken. [3] Worcester city health officials later pinpointed the source of the infection to a water fountain on the football practice field. Players contracted the disease during preseason workouts. Other students on the campus were not affected, including members of the freshman football team, which did not practice with the varsity team in the preseason. [4]

Because of the season cancellation, the annual Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry game was not held, the first interruption since 1943. Apart from those two years, the two Jesuit New England universities would meet every year from 1919 to 1986. [1] To replace Holy Cross on its 1969 schedule, Boston College slated Syracuse, which had been scheduled to play Holy Cross in October. [5] BC–Syracuse was a familiar matchup by the 1960s, and would later develop into a conference rivalry.

The "Purple and Silver" did take the field one more time in 1969, as the football team from Sacramento State College in California donned Holy Cross Crusaders uniforms for their final home game, November 20, against the University of Puget Sound. Students at the college paid to fly Holy Cross' two team captains, Tom Lamb and Bill Moncevicz, to be their guests at the West Coast game. [6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 at Harvard L 0–13 25,000 [7]
October 4 at Dartmouth L 6–38 13,500 [2]
October 11 at Colgate Canceled [8]
October 18 Buffalo
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Canceled [8]
October 25 at Syracuse Canceled [8]
November 1 Villanova
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Canceled [8]
November 8 at UMass Canceled [8]
November 15 Rutgers
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
Canceled [8]
November 22 at Connecticut Canceled [8]
November 29 Boston College
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
Canceled [8]

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders for the 1969 Crusaders included: [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Keese, Parton (October 5, 1969). "Dartmouth Tops Holy Cross, 38-6; Purple, Crippled by Illness, No Match for Big Green". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S5.
  3. "Holy Cross Cancels Football as Hepatitis Strikes Squad". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 7, 1969. p. S8.
  4. White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 9, 1969). "Hepatitis Case Not Expected to Affect Holy Cross Football in '70". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 61.
  5. The Associated Press (October 8, 1969). "Syracuse to Play Boston College". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 39.
  6. The Associated Press (November 21, 1969). "Sacramento Eleven Honors Holy Cross Team Tonight". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 60.
  7. Rosa, Francis (September 28, 1969). "B.C. and Harvard Win Openers; Crimson Stops Holy Cross, 13-0". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 McGowen, Deane (September 6, 1969). "Holy Cross Strong on Offense; Crusaders Lack Depth". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 35.
  9. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. pp. 68–71. Retrieved June 15, 2020.