1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its second year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.[1]

1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Boston College   –  11 –0 –0
Duquesne   –  7 –1 –0
No. 14 Penn   –  6 –1 –1
Penn State   –  6 –1 –1
No. 12 Fordham   –  7 –2 –0
No. 15 Cornell   –  6 –2 –0
La Salle   –  6 –2 –0
Princeton   –  5 –2 –1
Columbia   –  5 –2 –2
Brown   –  6 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  4 –2 –2
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Colgate   –  5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –  4 –3 –0
Harvard   –  3 –2 –3
Dartmouth   –  5 –4 –0
Temple   –  4 –4 –1
Tufts   –  4 –4 –0
Vermont   –  4 –4 –0
Villanova   –  4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh   –  3 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  3 –4 –1
Buffalo   –  3 –5 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  3 –5 –0
Manhattan   –  3 –6 –0
Providence   –  3 –6 –0
NYU   –  2 –7 –0
Yale   –  1 –7 –0
Army   –  1 –7 –1
CCNY   –  1 –5 –1
Massachusetts State   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Holy Cross was ranked at No. 75 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Providence
W 34–615,000[3]
October 5at LSU
L 0–25[4]
October 12at Carnegie TechPittsburgh, PAW 18–018,000[5]
October 19at NYU
W 13–712,000[6]
October 26at BrownProvidence, RIL 6–9< 4,000[7]
November 2Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–64,000[8]
November 9Ole Miss
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 6–3416,000[9]
November 16Temple
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 6–65,000[10]
November 23Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 33–2510,000[11]
November 30vs. Boston College
L 0–738,000[12]

References
  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Holy Cross wins easily over Friars". The Hartford Courant. September 29, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tigers, Led by Dodson, Trounce Holy Cross Team". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1940. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Eddie Beachler (October 13, 1940). "Carnegie Tech Bows To Holy Cross, 18-0: Defeat Is Plaid's Fifth in Worcester". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. 9, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Crusaders top Violets, 13–7". Daily News. October 20, 1940. p. 93. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Brown Nips HC, 9-6, in 4th Period". New York Daily News. October 27, 1940. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Colgate Defeats Holy Cross, 6-0". New York Daily News. November 3, 1940. p. 37C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Rebels Crush Crusaders 34-7: H-Boys Thrill Yanks With Scoring Finesse". Daily Clarion-Ledger. November 10, 1940. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Stan Baumgartner (November 17, 1940). "Temple Ties Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "HC Wins, 33-25; Halting Jaspers' Late Surge". New York Daily News. November 24, 1940. p. C40 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Boston College Gets Four Lucky Breaks To Conquer Courageous Crusaders, 7-0". The Hartford Courant. December 1, 1940. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.


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