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1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1938 college football season. The Crusaders were led by sixth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross's sole loss on the year came on a road trip to Carnegie Tech, where a missed extra point by the Crusaders prevented the tie.[1] They finished ninth in the final AP Poll,[2] the best finish in the Crusaders' history.[3]

1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 9 Holy Cross   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 12 Cornell   –   5 – 1 – 1
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 2 – 3
Manhattan   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 4 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 6 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Providence
W 28–012,000[4]
October 1Rhode Island
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 46–13
October 8Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 19–6
October 15at Carnegie Tech
L 6–7
October 222:00 p.m.GeorgiaNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 29–624,000–25,000[5][6][7][8]
October 29ColgateNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–0
November 5TempleNo. 13
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 33–0
November 12BrownNo. 11
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–12
November 26vs. Boston CollegeNo. 11
W 29–736,000

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References edit

  1. ^ "Carnegie Tech Knocks Holy Cross From Undefeated in Pittsburgh Thriller, Winning Out, 7 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. October 16, 1938.
  2. ^ "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross Crusaders School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross scores in every period against Providence to open with victory". The Hartford Courant. September 25, 1938. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Georgia Bows to Holy Cross". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Bulldogs Swamped By Crusader Eleven (continued)". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 2B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Georgia Routed By Crusaders (continued)". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 4B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Jack Troy's Running Story of Holy Cross-Georgia Game at Worcester". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 4B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "1938 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  10. ^ "Holy Cross Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2017.


 

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