1929 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

American college football season

1929 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (11th season)
Captain	Stuart J. Clancy
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons← 1928 1930 →

1929 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 3 Pittsburgh		–		9	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		7	–	0	–	2
Bucknell		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Penn		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	2	–	1
Villanova		–		7	–	2	–	1
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Tufts		–		5	–	1	–	2
Harvard		–		5	–	2	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	2	–	1
NYU		–		7	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		5	–	2	–	2
Drexel		–		6	–	3	–	1
Temple		–		6	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	3	–	1
Army		–		6	–	4	–	1
Providence		–		3	–	3	–	2
Brown		–		5	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		4	–	5	–	0
CCNY		–		2	–	4	–	2
Princeton		–		2	–	4	–	1
Boston University		–		3	–	6	–	0
Vermont		–		2	–	7	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 6–4 record. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28		St. John's	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 19–0
October 5		Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 14–6	8,000
October 12		Rutgers	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 20–3
October 19		at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–7
October 26		Marquette	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 14–6	8,000
November 2		Brown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 14–15
November 9		Boston University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 44–12
November 16		at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–12
November 23		Springfield	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 23–6
November 30	1:45 p.m.	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–12	35,000

"2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
"Holy Cross wins from Providence by 14 to 6 score". The Hartford Courant. October 6, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"Last Quarter Attack Finishes Marquette, 7-0". Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1929. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 30, 1929). "Eagles And Purple Fir For Big Clash". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 13. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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Venues	Worcester College Grounds (1896–1902) Worcester Oval (1897–1902) Fitton Field (1903–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1946 Orange Bowl Boston College Fordham: Ram–Crusader Cup Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	The Crusader "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!" Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band 2021 Patriot League Football Championship Game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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