1899 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainJohn Kenney
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 1 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   2 – 0 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Western Univ. of Penn.   –   3 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   8 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
New Hampshire   –   4 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1899 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1899 college football season.

In their second year under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 5–5 record. John Kenney was the team captain.[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Massachusetts
W 11–0 [2]
September 30 Brown
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–19 [3]
October 7 Trinity (CT)
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
W 39–0 [4]
October 14 Worcester Polytechnic
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
W 23–0 [5]
October 18 at Williams
L 5–23 [6]
October 28 at Fitchburg Y. M. C. L.
W 12–0 [7]
November 4 Tufts
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–6 [8]
November 11 at Wesleyan
L 0–16 [9]
November 25 Vermont
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 45–0 [10]
November 30 at Boston College
L 0–17 6,000 [11]

References

  1. ^ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross 11, Amherst Aggie 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 24, 1899. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brown, 17; Holy Cross, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 1, 1899. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross 39, Trinity 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 8, 1899. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross 23, W.P.I. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 15, 1899. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Williams Defeats Holy Cross". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Mass. October 19, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ended in Dispute; Y. M. C. L. Loses to Holy Cross in an 'Umpire's' Game". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. Fitchburg, Mass. October 30, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Does It Quick: Tufts Scores on the Holy Cross Eleven". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 5, 1899. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wesleyan Defeats Holy Cross". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 12, 1899. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Vermont Defeated; Lost Saturday's Foot Ball Game at Worcester, Mass". Burlington Daily Free Press. Burlington, Vt. November 27, 1899. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "B.C.'s Grand Victory; Holy Cross Only Once Came Near Goal Line". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. December 1, 1899. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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