1900 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainW. C. T. O'Sullivan
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
Seasons
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1900 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   12 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 1 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 1
Princeton   –   8 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   5 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 3 – 1
Villanova   –   5 – 2 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dickinson   –   5 – 4 – 0
Western Univ. of Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 1
Lehigh   –   5 – 6 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Amherst   –   4 – 7 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 6 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 8 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1900 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1900 college football season.

In their third year under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record. W. C. T. O'Sullivan was the team captain.

The Holy Cross Football Fact Book shows a 5–3–1 record for 1900, but the results table does not match contemporary press reports, with the Andover, Colby and Wesleyan games given the wrong dates, and a win over Worcester Academy shown instead of the loss to Williams.[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 22 Massachusetts
W 6–0 [2]
September 29 Worcester Polytechnic
W 5–0 [1]
October 6 at Brown
L 0–18 [3]
October 13 at Phillips Andover Academy Andover, MA T 0–0 [4]
October 20 Colby
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–5 [5]
November 3 Williams
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–11 [6]
November 10 at Wesleyan
L 5–11 [7]
November 17 MIT
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
W 16–0 [8]
November 24 at Tufts
L 0–27 [9]

References

  1. ^ a b "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross 6, Amherst Aggies 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 23, 1900. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brown 18, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross, 0; Phillips Andover, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 14, 1900. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross, 6; Colby, 5". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 22, 1900. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Williams, 11; Holy Cross, 0". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 4, 1900. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wesleyan, 11; Holy Cross, 5". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 11, 1900. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross 16, M.I.T. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 18, 1900. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tufts 27, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 30, 1900. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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