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1909 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–2
Head coach
CaptainEdward F. Sweeney
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons← 19081910 →
1909 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   10 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   9 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 1 – 1
Springfield Training School   –   5 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 1 – 1
Ursinus   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   7 – 1 – 2
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 1 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 1 – 2
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   8 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   3 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 4 – 2
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Holy Cross   –   2 – 4 – 2
Swarthmore   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 3
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   1 – 6 – 1
Temple   –   0 – 4 – 1

The 1909 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1909 college football season.

In its third year under head coach Timothy F. Larkin, the team compiled a 2–4–2 record. Edward F. Sweeney was the team captain.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Norwich W 18–0
October 2 New Hampshire
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 13–0
October 6 at Yale L 0–12 3,000
October 16 Trinity (CT)
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 5–5
October 23 Bowdoin
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–5
October 30 at Dartmouth L 0–12
November 13 Worcester Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 0–0
November 20 at Fordham L 5–9 4,000

References

  1. ^ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Holy Cross Beats Norwich". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, Vt. September 27, 1909. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Holy Cross 13, N.H.S.C. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 3, 1909. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Holy Cross, 13; New Hampshire, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 17, no. 2. November 1909. pp. 29–30. Retrieved November 27, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  5. "Yale by 12 to 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. October 7, 1909. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Holy Cross Equals Trinity's Score". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 17, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Bowdoin 5, Holy Cross 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 25, 1909. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Dartmouth Good in Spots". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 31, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Fordham Beats Holy Cross". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 21, 1909. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
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