1949 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1949 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its second year under head coach Bill Osmanski, the team compiled a 1–9 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1949 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record1–9
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Army   –    9 –0 –0
Brown   –    8 –1 –0
No. 12 Cornell   –    8 –1 –0
No. 13 Villanova   –    8 –1 –0
Bucknell   –    6 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –    6 –2 –0
Buffalo   –    6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –    6 –3 –0
Princeton   –    6 –3 –0
Fordham   –    5 –3 –0
Tufts   –    5 –3 –1
Carnegie Tech   –    5 –3 –1
Penn State   –    5 –4 –0
Temple   –    5 –4 –0
Penn   –    4 –4 –0
Yale   –    4 –4 –0
Boston College   –    4 –4 –1
Syracuse   –    4 –5 –0
Drexel   –    3 –3 –1
Duquesne   –    3 –6 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    2 –5 –2
NYU   –    3 –6 –0
Columbia   –    2 –7 –0
Hofstra   –    1 –5 –1
Colgate   –    1 –8 –0
Harvard   –    1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Georgetown
L 13–20 16,000 [2]
October 1at Brown
L 6–28 17,000 [3]
October 8at Dartmouth
L 7–31 10,861 [4]
October 15Duquesne
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 14–40 7,500 [5]
October 22at Yale
L 7–14 18,000 [6]
October 29at Harvard
L 14–22 25,000 [7]
November 5Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 35–27 6,000 [8]
November 12at Syracuse
L 13–47 15,000 [9]
November 19Temple
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 7–20 5,000 [10]
November 26vs. Boston College
L 0–76 38,751 [11]
  • Homecoming

References
  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Keane, Clif (September 25, 1949). "Georgetown Catches H.C. Napping, Comes from Behind to Win, 20-13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Brown's Swift and Deceptive Winged-T Attack Stops Young Holy Cross Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 2, 1949. p. S5.
  4. Keane, Clif (October 9, 1949). "Dartmouth Trounces H.C., 31-7, as Clayton Shines". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Drum, Bob (October 28, 1949). "Holy Cross' Team Bows to Underdogs". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 23, 1949). "Yale Drives 99 Yards After Goal Line Stand to Top Crusaders, 14-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Strauss, Michael (October 30, 1949). "Harvard Defeats Holy Cross, 22-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Keane, Clif (November 6, 1949). "Gallo Brilliant as H.C. Edges Colgate, 35-27, for 1st Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Reddy, Bill (November 13, 1949). "Custis Paces Orangemen to Third Victory". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Keane, Clif (November 20, 1949). "Temple Beats H.C., 20-7, for Crusaders' 8th Defeat". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Nason, Jerry (November 27, 1949). "Eagles Set Record Mangling H.C., 76-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.


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