1907 Holy Cross football team

The 1907 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1907 college football season.

1907 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7–2
Head coach
CaptainCleo A. O'Donnell
Home stadiumFitton Field
1907 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  9 –0 –1
Dartmouth   –  8 –0 –1
Penn   –  11 –1 –0
Carlisle   –  10 –1 –0
Temple   –  4 –0 –2
Fordham   –  6 –1 –1
Cornell   –  8 –2 –0
Western U. of Penn.   –  8 –2 –0
Princeton   –  7 –2 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  7 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  7 –2 –1
Lehigh   –  7 –2 –1
Swarthmore   –  6 –2 –0
Army   –  6 –2 –1
NYU   –  5 –2 –0
Vermont   –  4 –1 –2
Harvard   –  7 –3 –0
Brown   –  7 –3 –0
Penn State   –  6 –4 –0
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –1
Drexel   –  3 –2 –2
Colgate   –  4 –4 –1
Geneva   –  4 –5 –2
Amherst   –  3 –4 –1
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Frankin & Marshall   –  4 –6 –0
Rutgers   –  3 –5 –1
Springfield Training School   –  2 –4 –2
Bucknell   –  4 –7 –0
New Hampshire   –  1 –5 –2
Villanova   –  1 –5 –1
Holy Cross   –  1 –7 –2
Wesleyan   –  1 –7 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  1 –8 –0

In their first year under head coach Timothy F. Larkin, the Crusaders compiled a 1–7–2 record. Cleo A. O'Donnell was the team captain.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at the Fitton Field baseball stadium on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25 Norwich
T 0–0 [2]
October 5 at Williams
L 0–12 [3]
October 12 at Yale
L 0–52 [4]
October 19 Massachusetts
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 5–10 [5]
October 26 Vermont
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–5 [6]
November 2 Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
L 0–35 [7]
November 9 at Dartmouth
L 0–52 [8]
November 16 Worcester Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 15–0 [9]
November 22 Tufts
T 11–11 [10]
November 28 at Fordham
L 0–35 [11]

References
  1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Holy Cross 0, Norwich 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. September 26, 1907. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Williams 12, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 6, 1907. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Yale Has Easy Time Against Holy Cross". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 13, 1907. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Goal from Field Won". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 20, 1907. sect. 5, p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Vermont Beat Holy Cross". The Burlington Daily Free Press. Burlington, Vt. October 28, 1907. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Fordham's Easy Win". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 3, 1907. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Heavy Dartmouth Team Smothers Holy Cross". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 10, 1907. sect. 5, p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Holy Cross 15, W.P.I. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 17, 1907. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Ties in Last Two Minutes; Holy Cross Pulls Out of Tight Place". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 23, 1907. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Holy Cross Easy for Fordham Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 29, 1907. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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