1914 Holy Cross football team

The 1914 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1914 college football season.

1914 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–1
Head coach
  • Luke J. Kelly (1st season)
CaptainWalter Mullen
Home stadiumFitton Field
1914 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Army   –  9 –0 –0
Harvard   –  7 –0 –2
Washington & Jefferson   –  10 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –  8 –1 –0
Lehigh   –  8 –1 –0
Pittsburgh   –  8 –1 –0
Cornell   –  8 –2 –0
Yale   –  7 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  5 –2 –1
Princeton   –  5 –2 –1
Brown   –  5 –2 –2
Fordham   –  6 –3 –1
Geneva   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Penn State   –  5 –3 –1
Rutgers   –  5 –3 –1
Lafayette   –  5 –3 –2
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –2
Boston College   –  5 –4 –0
NYU   –  5 –4 –0
Villanova   –  4 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  4 –4 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  4 –4 –0
Penn   –  4 –4 –1
Temple   –  3 –3 –0
Rhode Island State   –  2 –3 –3
Carlisle   –  5 –10 –1
Holy Cross   –  2 –5 –1
Vermont   –  2 –6 –1
Duquesne   –  1 –5 –0

In its first year under head coach Luke J. Kelly, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record. Walter Mullen was the team captain.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26 Colby
L 0–17 [2]
October 3 Massachusetts
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–14 [3]
October 10 at Springfield YMCA
L 0–25 [4]
October 24 at Army
L 0–14 [5]
October 31 at Cornell
L 3–48 [6]
November 7 vs. Carlisle
T 0–0 [7]
November 14 Boston College
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
W 10–0 [8]
November 26 Vermont
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 7–0 [9]

References
  1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Colby 17; Holy Cross 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. September 28, 1915. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Holy Cross Easy for Aggies". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 4, 1914. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Holy Cross Never in Game". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 11, 1914. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Holy Cross Lost to Soldier Boys". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 25, 1914. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Cornell Foe Buried Under Big Scoring". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. November 1, 1914. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Holy Cross Holds Indians Scoreless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 8, 1914. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Holy Cross Wins First Victory of the Season". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 15, 1914. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Vermont's Attack Makes Holy Cross Work Hard to Win". Burlington Daily Free Press. Burlington, Vt. November 27, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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