1924 Holy Cross football team

The 1924 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1924 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1924 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Dartmouth    7 0 1
No. 3 Yale    6 0 2
No. 8 Penn    9 1 1
Rutgers    7 1 1
Bucknell    8 2 0
Lafayette    7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson    7 2 0
Holy Cross    7 1 1
Army    5 1 2
Syracuse    8 2 1
Fordham    6 2 0
Lehigh    4 1 3
Boston College    6 3 0
Penn State    6 3 1
Princeton    4 2 1
Springfield    4 2 1
Columbia    5 3 1
Pittsburgh    5 3 1
NYU    4 3 1
CCNY    4 3 0
Brown    5 4 0
Carnegie Tech    5 4 0
Colgate    5 4 0
Cornell    4 4 0
Harvard    4 4 0
Tufts    3 4 2
Franklin & Marshall    3 5 1
Villanova    2 5 1
Drexel    2 7 0
Vermont    2 7 0
Temple    1 4 0
Boston University    1 5 0
Buffalo    1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Catholic UniversityW 13–7
October 4St. John's
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–0
October 11Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 16–76,000[2]
October 18at HarvardL 6–12
October 25Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 13–0
November 1at VermontW 27–0[3]
November 8Lehigh
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 3–3
November 22Canisius
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 53–7
November 29at Boston College
W 33–0[4][5]

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "B.U. Defeated in Hard Fight". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1924. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Holy Cross romps against Vermont". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1924. Retrieved June 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "B. C. And Purple Well Matched". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 29, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved May 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "B. C. And Purple Well Matched (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 29, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved May 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.


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