1915 Holy Cross football team

The 1915 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1915 college football season.

1915 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
CaptainEd Brawley
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Columbia     5 0 0
Harvard     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 1 1
Colgate     5 1 0
Syracuse     9 1 2
Dartmouth     7 1 1
Tufts     5 1 2
Penn State     7 2 0
Lafayette     8 3 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 0
Temple     3 1 1
Geneva     6 3 0
Wesleyan     6 3 0
Allegheny     5 3 0
Swarthmore     5 3 0
Army     5 3 1
Lehigh     6 4 0
Holy Cross     3 2 2
Brown     5 4 1
Fordham     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 1
Middlebury     3 4 2
Muhlenberg     4 5 0
Yale     4 5 0
Boston College     3 4 0
Penn     3 5 2
WPI     3 5 1
Buffalo     3 5 0
Carlisle     3 6 2
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
New Hampshire     3 6 1
Gettysburg     3 6 0
Rochester     3 6 0
Bucknell     2 6 3
Vermont     1 4 2
Williams     1 7 0

In its second year under head coach Luke Kelly, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record. Edward Brawley was the team captain.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25 Bates W 7–0 [2]
October 2 at Army T 14–14 [3]
October 9 Springfield YMCA
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–7 [4]
October 16 Massachusetts
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 7–7 [5]
October 23 at Fordham
L 0–9 [6]
October 30 at Boston College W 9–0 [7]
November 6 Carlisle
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 21–23 [8]
November 25 Worcester Polytechnic
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 26–0 [9]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross 7, Bates 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. September 27, 1915. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross' Passes Surprised the Army". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 3, 1915. Sporting sect., p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Springfield 7, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 10, 1915. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross and M.A.C. Elevens Play to Tie". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. October 17, 1915. sect. II, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fordham Scores Victory over Old Foe, Holy Cross". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 24, 1915. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Devlin Wins for Holy Cross in Game Featuring Dedication of New Field of Boston College". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 31, 1915. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross Rallies, but Starts Too Late". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 7, 1915. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross 26, W.P.I. 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 26, 1915. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.