1953 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Juniata   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its tenth year under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled a 5–5 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26vs. Dartmouth
W 28–6 10,000 [2]
October 3at Colgate
W 19–6 6,000 [3]
October 10Bucknell
W 40–0 10,000 [4]
October 18Quantico Marines
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–17 20,000 [5]
October 24at Brown
L 0–6 13,000 [6]
October 31Syracusedagger
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–21 15,000 [7]
November 7Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 20–7 6,000 [8]
November 14Marquette
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 7–13 8,000 [9]
November 21Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 20–7 12,000 [10]
November 28vs. Boston College
L 0–6 35,000 [11]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (September 27, 1953). "Holy Cross Routs Dartmouth by 28-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ Keane, Clif (October 4, 1953). "Holy Cross 19-6 Victor at Colgate". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Running, Passing of Haley Spark Holy Cross 19-6 Win over Colgate". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. October 4, 1953. p. 3D.
  4. ^ Keane, Clif (October 11, 1953). "Holy Cross Romps over Bucknell, 40-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Keane, Clif (October 19, 1953). "Petitbon Paces Marines over Holy Cross, 17-0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Brown Registers Upset over Heavily Favored Holy Cross Team at Providence". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 25, 1953. p. S4.
  7. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 1, 1953). "Syracuse Rips H.C., 21-0 on Stark's Run, Passes". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 8, 1953). "Aroused Holy Cross Tips B.U., 20-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Marquette Tops Holy Cross, 13-7". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wis. United Press. November 15, 1953. sect. 4, p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Mozley, Dana (November 22, 1953). "Rams Fail to Budge Jinx, Bow to HC Again, 20-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 109 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 29, 1953). "B.C. Line Smothers Holy Cross, 6 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
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