1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled an 8–2 record and defeated Harvard for the first time in school history.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
1925 record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth   –    8 –0 –0
Fordham   –    9 –1 –0
Colgate   –    7 –0 –2
Pittsburgh   –    8 –1 –0
Syracuse   –    8 –1 –1
Lafayette   –    7 –1 –1
Springfield   –    6 –1 –1
Princeton   –    5 –1 –1
Holy Cross   –    8 –2 –0
Penn   –    7 –2 –0
Army   –    7 –2 –0
Boston College   –    6 –2 –0
Cornell   –    6 –2 –0
NYU   –    6 –2 –1
Villanova   –    6 –2 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –    6 –2 –1
Carnegie Tech   –    5 –2 –1
Yale   –    5 –2 –1
Bucknell   –    7 –3 –1
Columbia   –    6 –3 –1
Muhlenberg   –    6 –3 –1
Temple   –    5 –2 –2
Harvard   –    4 –3 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –    5 –4 –0
Brown   –    5 –4 –1
Penn State   –    4 –4 –1
St. John's   –    3 –4 –0
Lehigh   –    3 –5 –1
CCNY   –    2 –5 –0
Providence   –    2 –7 –0
Rutgers   –    2 –7 –0
Boston University   –    1 –5 –0
Manhattan   –    1 –6 –1
Tufts   –    1 –6 –0
Drexel   –    1 –7 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Manhattan
W 41-0[2]
October 3St. John's
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 9–6[3]
October 12Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 22–0[4]
October 17at Harvard
W 7-650,000[5]
October 24at Vermont
W 47–3[6]
October 31Bucknell
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 23–7[7]
November 7at Fordham
L 0–1725,000[8]
November 14Rutgers
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0[9]
November 21Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 48–7[10]
November 28at Boston College
L 6–1747,000[11]

References
  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  2. "Holy Cross Has Easy Time With Manhattan, 41-0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 27, 1925. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "St. John's Holds Holy Cross To 9 To 6 Score". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1925. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Holy Cross Is Victor, 22 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1925. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Holy Cross Snatches Victory From Harvard". New York Daily News. October 18, 1925. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Vermont Easy for Holy Cross". Salt Lake Telegram. October 25, 1925. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Holy Cross Keeps Grid Slate Clean". The Hartford Courant. November 1, 1925. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Fordham Trounces Holy Cross, 17 to 0". New York Daily News. November 8, 1925. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Rutgers Eleven Defeated By Holy Cross Combination". the Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1925. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Boston University Easy for Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 22, 1925. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "B.C. Warriors Defeat Holy Cross By 17 to 6". New York Daily News. November 29, 1925. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
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