1919 Holy Cross football team

The 1919 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In its first season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 5–3 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1919 Holy Cross football
1919 Holy Cross backfield: Connors, Flynn, Gagnon and Kennedy
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1919 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard   –  9 –0 –1
Penn State   –  7 –1 –0
Swarthmore   –  7 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –  6 –1 –1
Colgate   –  5 –1 –1
New Hampshire   –  7 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  6 –2 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  6 –2 –0
Williams   –  6 –2 –0
Syracuse   –  8 –3 –0
Penn   –  6 –2 –1
Pittsburgh   –  6 –2 –1
Lehigh   –  6 –3 –0
Princeton   –  4 –2 –1
Geneva   –  4 –2 –2
Army   –  6 –3 –0
Boston College   –  5 –3 –0
Holy Cross   –  5 –3 –0
Rutgers   –  5 –3 –0
Yale   –  5 –3 –0
Villanova   –  5 –3 –1
Brown   –  5 –4 –1
Bucknell   –  5 –4 –1
NYU   –  4 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  3 –4 –0
Columbia   –  2 –4 –3
Cornell   –  3 –5 –0
Vermont   –  3 –6 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  2 –4 –2
Tufts   –  2 –5 –0
Buffalo   –  0 –5 –1
Rhode Island State   –  0 –8 –1
Drexel   –  0 –4 –0

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4at Army
L 0–9[2]
October 11Bowdoin
W 14–0[3]
October 18at Springfield
W 7–0[4]
October 25Connecticut
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 69–0[5]
November 1Rhode Island State
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 29–3[6]
November 8Colby
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 41–0[7]
November 152:00 p.m.vs. Boston College
L 7–9[8]
November 27at Detroit
L 7–27[9]

References
  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "West Point Wins From Holy Cross: Cadets Held to 9 to 0 Score by Bay Staters". New York Herald. October 5, 1919. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Gagnon's Long Runs Defeat Bowdoin: Scores on 50 and 40 Yard Dashes for Holy Cross". New York Herald. October 12, 1919. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Fumble by Springfield Gives Holy Cross Victory". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Holy Cross Easy Winner: Runs Ahead 69 to 0 in Game with Connecticut Aggies". The New York Times. October 26, 1919. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Holy Cross Has Easy Win Over Rhode Island, 29 to 3". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Holy Cross Swamps Colby: Piles Up 41 Points While Holding Maine Eleven Scoreless". The New York Times. November 9, 1919 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "B. C. And Holy Cross Each Expects To Win". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. K. W. Hall (November 28, 1919). "Holy Cross Is Trampled On By University". Detroit Free Press. pp. 15, 16 – via Newspapers.com.


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