1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its second year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record4–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Boston College      11 0 0
Duquesne      7 1 0
No. 14 Penn      6 1 1
Penn State      6 1 1
No. 12 Fordham      7 2 0
No. 15 Cornell      6 2 0
Princeton      5 2 1
Columbia      5 2 2
Brown      6 3 1
Bucknell      4 2 2
Colgate      5 3 0
Hofstra      4 3 0
Harvard      3 2 3
Dartmouth      5 4 0
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      4 4 0
Villanova      4 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 4 1
Syracuse      3 4 1
Buffalo      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Manhattan      3 6 0
NYU      2 7 0
Yale      1 7 0
Army      1 7 1
Massachusetts State      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28ProvidenceW 34–6
October 5at LSUL 0–25
October 12Carnegie TechW 18–0
October 19at NYUW 13–7
October 26at BrownL 6–9
November 2ColgateL 0–6
November 9Ole MissL 6–34
November 16TempleT 6–6
November 23ManhattanW 33–25
November 30vs. Boston CollegeL 0–7

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.


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