1922 Holy Cross football team

1922 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 0 – 0
Army   –   8 – 0 – 2
Syracuse   –   6 – 1 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Springfield   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Vermont   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   7 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 2
Geneva   –   4 – 6 – 0
Boston University   –   2 – 4 – 3
Lehigh   –   3 – 5 – 1
New Hampshire   –   3 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 6 – 0
Duquesne   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1922 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In its third season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23New London Submarine Base
W 19–6[2]
September 30Providence College
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 33–3[3]
October 7at Harvard
L 0–20
October 14Villanova
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–0[4]
October 21Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 7–7[5][6]
October 28Vermont
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0[7]
November 4at Georgetown
W 10–0
November 11Springfield
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 17–0
November 18Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–0[8]
December 2at Boston College
L 13–1754,000

References

  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross Meets Real Opposition". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 24, 1922. p. 19. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross Rips Up Providence, 33 To 3". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1922. p. 21. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Villanova Hold Purple Team Well". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1922. p. 19. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross Team For B. U. Game Selected". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Boston University And Holy Cross Windup 7-7". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1922. p. 20. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross defeats U.V.M. eleven, 6 to 0". Rutland Daily Herald. October 30, 1922. Retrieved June 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross Is Victor". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 12, 1922. p. 28. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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