1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

American college football season

1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Orange Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	8–2
Head coach	Ox DaGrosa (1st season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons← 1944 1946 →

1945 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia		–		8	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross		–		8	–	2	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn		–		6	–	2	–	0
Yale		–		6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	1	–	1
Harvard		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		5	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		3	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		3	–	4	–	1
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	1
Princeton		–		2	–	3	–	2
NYU		–		3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell		–		2	–	5	–	0
Drexel		–		2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth		–		1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse		–		1	–	6	–	0
Boston University		–		0	–	5	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1945 college football season. The Crusaders were led by first-year head coach John "Ox" DaGrosa and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. They finished the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 16th in the AP Poll. Holy Cross was invited to the Orange Bowl, played on New Year's Day, where they lost to the University of Miami, 6–13. This was the first and only bowl game in Holy Cross's history.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	at Dartmouth		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 13–6	8,000
October 6	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–0	25,000
October 14	Villanova	No. 12	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 26–7	26,000
October 20	at Brown	No. 19	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 25–0	25,000
October 27	Colgate	No. 15	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 21–0	25,000
November 4	New London Sub Base	No. 11	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 20–6	10,000
November 11	Coast Guard	No. 13	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 39–6	6,000
November 17	Temple	No. 10	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–14	25,000
November 25	vs. Boston College		Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 46–0	32,457
January 1	at Miami (FL)	No. 16	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 6–13	38,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	12	19	15	11	13	10	—	13	16

References

"1945 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
"Holy Cross Pushed Hard by Big Green". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 30, 1945. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
Keyes, Frank (October 7, 1945). "Holy Cross Scores First Gridiron Victory over Yale by Score of 21 to 0; Eight Fumbles Shackle Bulldog Running Attack". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
McNulty, Joe (October 15, 1945). "Villanova Bows, 26-7; 26,000 See Holy Cross Gain Third". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
McGowen, Roscoe (October 21, 1945). "Holy Cross Routs Brown Team, 25-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
"Holy Cross Whacks Colgate, 21-0; Koslowski's Play Shines for Winners". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. United Press. October 28, 1945. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
Birtwell, Roger (November 5, 1945). "Koslowski Whole Show, Holy Cross Wins, 20-6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
Birtwell, Roger (November 12, 1945). "H.C. Tops Coast Guard, 39-6; Kos Gets 21 Points". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
Baumgartner, Stan (November 18, 1945). "Temple Upsets Holy Cross, 14-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
Nason, Jerry (November 26, 1945). "Miami-Bound H.C. Eleven Forges Record Margin over B.C., 46-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
Burns, Jimmy (January 2, 1946). "Last-Play Run Wins for Miami, 13-6; Al Hudson Carries Ball 89 Yards". The Miami Herald. Miami, Fla. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

v t e Holy Cross Crusaders football
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
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