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1911 Holy Cross football team

The 1911 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1911 college football season.

1911 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Joy
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 1
Carlisle   –   11 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 0 – 2
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 0 – 2
Temple   –   6 – 1 – 0
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Dartmouth   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   7 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 3 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   5 – 5 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 0
St. Bonaventure   –   2 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 3
Colgate   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 6 – 1
Villanova   –   0 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   0 – 7 – 0

In its fifth year under head coach Timothy F. Larkin, the team compiled a 4–5 record. William Joy was the team captain.[1]

Though both Holy Cross and Dartmouth record their 1911 meeting in Hanover as a 6–0 win for the home team, officials on the field ruled it a 1–0 forfeit, as the Holy Cross team left the stadium after three quarters of play, reportedly to catch a train. Dartmouth 6, Holy Cross 0, was the score at the time of the forfeit.[2]

The season-ending home game against crosstown rival Worcester Polytechnic Institute was postponed a week because of flooding on Holy Cross' home field.[3] When the game was finally played November 25, about 4,000 people attended.[4]

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

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23 Boston College
W 13–5 [5]
September 30 at Yale
L 0–26 [6]
October 7 at Harvard
L 0–8 [7]
October 14 at Dartmouth
L 0–6^ [2]
October 21 Massachusetts
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0 [8]
October 28 at Princeton
L 0–20 [9]
November 4 Springfield Training School
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–12 [10]
November 11 Colby
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 24–0 [11]
November 25° Worcester Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 35–0 [4]
  • ^ also reported as a 0–1 forfeit loss ° Postponed from Nov. 18[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Holy Cross Forfeits Game". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1911. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Postponed a Week". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 19, 1911. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Holy Cross 35, Wor Tech 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 26, 1911. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross Eleven Wins". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. September 24, 1911. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Holy Cross Fell in Yale's Hands". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 1, 1911. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Harvard Beats Holy Cross 8 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 8, 1911. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross 6, M.A.C. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 22, 1911. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tiger Claws Rip Up Holy Cross Eleven". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 29, 1911. sect. 5, p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Springfield T.S. Wins". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 5, 1911. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Holy Cross 24, Colby 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. November 13, 1911. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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