1946 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1946 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its first year under head coach Ox DaGrosa, the team compiled a 5–4 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1946 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1946 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Army      9 0 1
Muhlenberg      9 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Buffalo      7 2 0
Harvard      7 2 0
Massachusetts State      6 2 0
No. 13 Penn      6 2 0
Penn State      6 2 0
Boston College      6 3 0
Columbia      6 3 0
NYU      5 3 0
Cornell      5 3 1
Villanova      6 4 0
Boston College      7 3 0
Hofstra      4 3 0
Colgate      4 4 0
Syracuse      4 5 0
Drexel      3 4 0
Franklin & Marshall      3 4 0
Brown      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Princeton      3 5 0
Temple      2 4 2
Bucknell      3 6 0
Dartmouth      3 6 0
Tufts      1 6 0
Carnegie Tech      0 6 0
Fordham      0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Dartmouth L 0–3 24,000 [2]
October 5 Detroit
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 16–14 20,000 [3]
October 12 Villanova
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 13–14 20,000 [4]
October 19 Syracuse
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 12–21 20,000 [5]
October 26 at Harvard L 6–13 40,000 [6]
November 2 Brown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–19 15,000 [7]
November 9 Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–6 15,000 [8]
November 23 at Temple W 12–7 10,000 [9]
November 30 at Boston College W 13–6 43,081 [10]

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Richardson, William D. (September 29, 1946). "Dartmouth Trips Holy Cross by 3-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. Edgar, W.W. (October 6, 1946). "Last-Second Field Goal Sends U-D to Defeat; Holy Cross Wins, 16-14". The Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Mich. sect. 4, p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Berry, Mort (October 13, 1946). "Villanova Wins, 14-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 20, 1946). "Syracuse's Air Offensive Overhauls Holy Cross, 21-12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 29 via Newspapers.com.
  6. King, Bill (October 27, 1946). "Undefeated Harvard Beats Holy Cross Eleven, 13 to 6". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Holy Cross Rally Beats Brown, 21-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 3, 1946. p. S2.
  8. Fitzgerald, Tom (November 10, 1946). "Crusaders Intercept Colgate Aerial, Hold Early Lead to Triumph, 21-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 24 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Keane, Clif (November 24, 1946). "Crusaders Squelch Temple, 12-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 23 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Nason, Jerry (December 1, 1946). "Sheridan Rides Again; H.C. Upsets B.C., 13 to 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.


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