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American college football season

1949 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–9
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons← 19481950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its second year under head coach Bill Osmanski, the team compiled a 1–9 record. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24GeorgetownL 13–20 16,000
October 1at BrownL 6–28 17,000
October 8at DartmouthL 7–31 10,861
October 15Duquesne
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 14–40 7,500
October 22at YaleL 7–14 18,000
October 29at HarvardL 14–22 25,000
November 5Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 35–27 6,000
November 12at SyracuseL 13–47 15,000
November 19Temple
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 7–20 5,000
November 26vs. Boston CollegeL 0–76 38,751
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Keane, Clif (September 25, 1949). "Georgetown Catches H.C. Napping, Comes from Behind to Win, 20-13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Brown's Swift and Deceptive Winged-T Attack Stops Young Holy Cross Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 2, 1949. p. S5.
  4. Keane, Clif (October 9, 1949). "Dartmouth Trounces H.C., 31-7, as Clayton Shines". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Drum, Bob (October 28, 1949). "Holy Cross' Team Bows to Underdogs". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 23, 1949). "Yale Drives 99 Yards After Goal Line Stand to Top Crusaders, 14-7". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Strauss, Michael (October 30, 1949). "Harvard Defeats Holy Cross, 22-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Keane, Clif (November 6, 1949). "Gallo Brilliant as H.C. Edges Colgate, 35-27, for 1st Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Reddy, Bill (November 13, 1949). "Custis Paces Orangemen to Third Victory". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Keane, Clif (November 20, 1949). "Temple Beats H.C., 20-7, for Crusaders' 8th Defeat". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Nason, Jerry (November 27, 1949). "Eagles Set Record Mangling H.C., 76-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
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