1924 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
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1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Yale   –   6 – 0 – 2
No. 8 Penn   –   9 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 1 – 1
Army   –   5 – 1 – 2
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 1 – 3
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 1
Springfield   –   4 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Catholic University
W 13–7
October 4St. John's
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–0
October 11Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 16–76,000[2]
October 18at Harvard
L 6–12
October 25Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 13–0
November 1at Vermont
W 27–0[3]
November 8Lehigh
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 3–3
November 22Canisius
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 53–7
November 29at Boston College
W 33–0[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "B.U. Defeated in Hard Fight". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1924. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross romps against Vermont". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1924. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "B. C. And Purple Well Matched". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 29, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "B. C. And Purple Well Matched (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 29, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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