1921 Holy Cross football team

The 1921 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its third season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 5–3 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1921 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1921 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington & Jefferson    10 0 1
Lafayette    9 0 0
Cornell    8 0 0
Penn State    8 0 2
Yale    8 1 0
New Hampshire    8 1 1
Franklin & Marshall    6 1 2
Villanova    6 1 2
Carnegie Tech    7 2 0
Syracuse    7 2 0
Harvard    7 2 1
Boston University    6 2 0
Dartmouth    6 2 1
Brown    5 3 1
Bucknell    5 3 1
Geneva    5 3 1
Pittsburgh    5 3 1
Holy Cross    5 3 0
Army    6 4 0
Princeton    4 3 0
Boston College    4 3 1
Fordham    4 3 2
Penn    4 3 2
Colgate    4 4 2
Lehigh    4 4 0
Springfield    4 5 2
Vermont    3 4 0
NYU    2 3 3
Buffalo    2 3 2
Drexel    2 3 1
Rutgers    4 6 0
Rhode Island State    3 5 0
Columbia    2 6 0
Tufts    1 5 2
Duquesne    0 4 1

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at HarvardL 0–3
October 8CanisiusW 44–0
October 12at Springfield
W 12–08,000[2][3]
October 22Georgetown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 7–28
October 29Bates
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–0
November 12Colby
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–0
November 19at New HampshireL 7–1312,000 [4]
November 262:00 p.m.vs. Boston College
W 41–0[5][6]

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "Holy Cross Wins By 12-0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1921. p. 17. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Holy Cross Wins From Springfield". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 13, 1921. p. 18. Retrieved March 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Holy Cross Upset by Dutch Connor". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1921. p. 23. Retrieved February 16, 2020 via newspapers.com.
  5. "Boston College Awaits Old Foe". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Boston College Awaits Old Foe (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.


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