1929 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1929 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 6–4 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1929 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainStuart J. Clancy
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Pittsburgh     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Fordham     7 0 2
Bucknell     8 2 0
No. 11 Penn     7 2 0
Boston College     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Cornell     6 2 0
Tufts     5 1 2
Harvard     5 2 1
Yale     5 2 1
NYU     7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 2 2
Drexel     6 3 1
Temple     6 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Army     6 4 1
Providence     3 3 2
Brown     5 5 0
Columbia     4 5 0
CCNY     2 4 2
Princeton     2 4 1
Boston University     3 6 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28St. John'sW 19–0
October 5Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–68,000[2]
October 12Rutgers
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 20–3
October 19at FordhamL 0–7
October 26Marquette
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–68,000[3]
November 2Brown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 14–15
November 9Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 44–12
November 16at Harvard
L 6–12
November 23Springfield
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 23–6
November 301:45 p.m.at Boston CollegeL 0–1235,000[4]

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross wins from Providence by 14 to 6 score". The Hartford Courant. October 6, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Last Quarter Attack Finishes Marquette, 7-0". Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1929. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 30, 1929). "Eagles And Purple Fir For Big Clash". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 13. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .