1901 Holy Cross football team

The 1901 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its third season under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 126 to 43.[1]

1901 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainMichael J. Lawlor
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     12 0 0
Yale     11 1 1
Cornell     11 1 0
Dartmouth     10 1 0
Massachusetts     9 1 0
Princeton     9 1 1
Syracuse     7 1 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Geneva     6 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Western U. of Penn     7 2 1
Lafayette     9 3 0
Swarthmore     8 2 2
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 2
Frankin & Marshall     7 3 1
Penn     10 5 0
Buffalo     4 2 0
Columbia     8 5 0
Fordham     2 1 1
Penn State     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Pittsburgh College     3 2 0
Temple     3 2 0
NYU     4 3 1
Tufts     6 6 1
Vermont     5 5 1
Dickinson     3 4 0
Carlisle     5 7 1
Brown     4 7 1
Villanova     2 3 0
Drexel     2 5 1
Colgate     2 5 0
Boston College     1 8 0
Lehigh     1 11 0
New Hampshire     0 6 0
Rutgers     0 7 0

The 1901 season was the most successful in the school's history to that time.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Massachusetts
L 0–17[3]
October 5at MIT
W 15–0[4]
October 12Worcester Polytechnic
W 14–5[5]
October 19Tufts
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–5[6]
October 26at Brown
T 6–6[7]
November 2at Phillips Andover AcademyAndover, MAW 37–5[8]
November 9Boston College
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
W 11–0[9]
November 16at Pittsfield A.C.Pittsfield, MAW 14–0[10]
November 28Tufts
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 17–5[11]

References

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  1. ^ "1901 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross' Record". The Boston Globe. December 2, 1901. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Amherst A. C., 17; Holy Cross, 0". Boston Post. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross, 15; Tech, 0". Boston Post. October 10, 1901. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross, 14, Wor. Pol., 5". Boston Post. October 13, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Holy Cross' Heavy Plunging". The Boston Globe. October 20, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross and Brown Play Tie". The Boston Sunday Post. October 27, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross 37, Andover 5". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross 11, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Spectators Disgusted". Berkshire County Eagle. November 20, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Holy Cross 17, Tufts 5". The Boston Globe. November 29, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.