1897 Holy Cross football team

The 1897 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1897 college football season.

1897 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
  • Alfred C. N. Peterson (2nd season)
CaptainE.F. Shanahan
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn    15 0 0
Princeton    10 1 0
Washington & Jefferson    10 1 0
Yale    9 0 2
Buffalo    9 1 0
Harvard    10 1 1
Army    6 1 1
Vermont    3 0 2
Lafayette    9 2 1
Drexel    6 2 1
Colgate    5 2 1
Dickinson    7 3 2
Swarthmore    7 3 2
Fordham    2 1 1
Cornell    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 1
Brown    7 4 0
Carlisle    6 4 0
Boston College    4 3 0
Holy Cross    4 3 1
Bucknell    3 3 1
NYU    3 3 0
Temple    3 3 0
Trinity (CT)    4 4 1
Wesleyan    6 6 0
Tufts    6 7 0
Geneva    3 4 1
Pittsburgh College    3 5 2
Villanova    3 5 1
Penn State    3 6 0
Amherst    2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall    2 6 2
Lehigh    3 7 0
New Hampshire    2 5 0
Rutgers    2 6 0
Western Univ. Penn.    1 3 0

In its second and final year under head coach Alfred C. N. Peterson, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record. E.F. Shanahan was the team captain.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at two off-campus fields in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Worcester Oval and the Worcester College Grounds.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 at Massachusetts W 4–0 [1]
October 2 at Gardner A.C. Gardner, MA L 0–6 500 [2]
October 9 at Amherst
T 6–6 [1]
October 16 Worcester Academy
W 18–0 [1]
October 23 Boston College
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
W 10–4 [1]
October 30 Worcester Tech
  • Worcester Oval
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0 [1]
November 3 at MIT L 6–8 [3]
November 25 at Boston College
  • South End Grounds
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–12 4,500 [4]

References

  1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Gardner 6, Holy Cross 0". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. Fitchburg, Mass. October 4, 1897. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Technology 8, Holy Cross 6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 4, 1896. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Boston College 12, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 26, 1896. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
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