1898 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4–1
Head coach
CaptainM. J. McDonough
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
Seasons
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1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   11 – 0 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   9 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 3 – 0
Western Penn.   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   6 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 3
Fordham   –   1 – 1 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 4 – 2
New Hampshire   –   4 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   4 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 4 – 1
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1898 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1898 college football season.

In its first year under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record. M. J. McDonough was the team captain. John Corbett served as interim head coach for the season's first game, a win.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at two off-campus fields in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Worcester Oval and the Worcester College Grounds.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24 at Massachusetts
W 23–0 [1]
October 1 at Brown
L 0–19 [2][3]
October 9 Gardner A.C.
W 6–1 [1]
October 12 at Wesleyan
L 0–12 [4]
October 26 Phillips Andover Academy Andover, MA L 0–6 [5]
October 29 Worcester Tech
W 45–6 [1]
November 1 Tufts
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–0 [1]
November 5 Boston College
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
T 0–0 [6]
November 12 Vermont
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 17–5 [7]
November 24 at Boston College
L 0–11 [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Brown Begins Well". The Times. Philadelphia, Pa. October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brown 19, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 2, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Harry Lane's Work". The Morning Record. Meriden, Conn. October 13, 1898. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Andover 6, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Mass. October 27, 1898. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Neither Scores: Boston College and Holy Cross Play a Tie". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 6, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross 17, U. of V. 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 13, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Boston College Victorious; Defeats Holy Cross 11 to 0 in the Presence of a Big Crowd". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 25, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
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