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American college football season

1944 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons← 19431945 →
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 4 – 2
Syracuse   –   2 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   1 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 4 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 8 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In its third year under head coach Ank Scanlan, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Dartmouth T 6–6 8,000
October 6 at Temple W 30–0 12,000
October 15 Villanova W 26–0 32,000
October 21 Brown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 24–24 5,000
October 29 Coast Guard
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 26–14 10,000
November 5 New London Sub Base
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–6 7,000
November 11 Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 19–13 10,000
November 19 PT Boat Training Center
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 12–13 14,000
November 26 vs. Boston College W 30–14 30,000

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "Holy Cross Battles Dartmouth to Tie". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. United Press. October 1, 1944. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. McNulty, Joe (October 7, 1944). "Holy Cross Passes Beat Temple, 30-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. McNulty, Joe (October 16, 1944). "Holy Cross Halts Villanova Streak, 26-0; Unbeaten Crusaders Snap 3-Game String". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Nason, Jerry (October 22, 1944). "Holy Cross and Brown Tie, 24-24; Moody Snares Crusader Fumble for 91-Yard Run". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Kane, Dan (October 30, 1944). "Coast Guard Bows to H.C. Aerials, 26-14". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Kaese, Harold (November 6, 1944). "Sub Base Sinks H.C., 6-0; Ormsbee Ruins Clean Record of Crusaders". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Kaese, Harold (November 12, 1944). "H.C. Tops Colgate, 19-13, on Sullivan Pass". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Kane, Dan (November 20, 1944). "PT's Defeat Crusaders by Single Point, 13-12". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Nason, Jerry (November 27, 1944). "Holy Cross Triumphs, 30-14, as Owens' Air Blitz Thrills 30,000". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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