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American college football season

1920 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons← 19191921 →
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   8 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   6 – 0 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 0 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 0 – 2
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 2 – 1
New Hampshire   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Williams   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   4 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   0 – 4 – 4
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   1 – 5 – 2
Villanova   –   1 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1920 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its second season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 5–3 record. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at HarvardL 0–310,000
October 2U.S. Submarine BaseW 75–0
October 12at SpringfieldW 17–05,000
October 16at DartmouthHanover, NHL 14–27
October 30Syracuse
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 3–010,000
November 13Colby
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 36–0
November 20New Hampshire
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 32–05,000
December 4at Boston CollegeL 0–1440,000

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Melville E. Webb Jr (September 26, 1920). "Field Goal Wins for Harvard, 3-0: Holy Cross Puts Up Hard Fight Against Crimson". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Holy Cross Is Winner By 17-0". Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1920. p. 29. Retrieved April 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Green Too Swift For Holy Cross". Boston Post. October 17, 1920. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Holy Cross Riddles N H State, 32 to 0". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1920. p. 21. Retrieved February 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (December 4, 1920). "Rivals Ready For Big Game". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (December 4, 1920). "Rivals Ready For Big Game Today (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 6. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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