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1901 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainMichael J. Lawlor
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
Seasons
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1902 →
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   12 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 1 – 1
Cornell   –   11 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   10 – 1 – 0
Massachusetts   –   9 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   9 – 1 – 1
Syracuse   –   7 – 1 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 1 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   5 – 1 – 2
Western U. of Penn   –   7 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 2 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   7 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   10 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 2 – 0
Columbia   –   8 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   6 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   5 – 5 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 7 – 1
Brown   –   4 – 7 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   1 – 8 – 0
Lehigh   –   1 – 11 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1901 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its third season under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 126 to 43. [1]

The 1901 season was the most successful in the school's history to that time. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28 Massachusetts
L 0–17 [3]
October 5at MIT
W 15–0 [4]
October 12 Worcester Polytechnic
W 14–5 [5]
October 19 Tufts
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–5 [6]
October 26at Brown
T 6–6 [7]
November 2at Phillips Andover Academy Andover, MAW 37–5 [8]
November 9 Boston College
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA ( rivalry)
W 11–0 [9]
November 16at Pittsfield A.C. Pittsfield, MAW 14–0 [10]
November 28Tufts
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 17–5 [11]

References

  1. ^ "1901 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross' Record". The Boston Globe. December 2, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Amherst A. C., 17; Holy Cross, 0". Boston Post. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross, 15; Tech, 0". Boston Post. October 10, 1901. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross, 14, Wor. Pol., 5". Boston Post. October 13, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Holy Cross' Heavy Plunging". The Boston Globe. October 20, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross and Brown Play Tie". The Boston Sunday Post. October 27, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross 37, Andover 5". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross 11, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Spectators Disgusted". Berkshire County Eagle. November 20, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Holy Cross 17, Tufts 5". The Boston Globe. November 29, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.


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