1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its first year under head coach Ank Scanlan, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record.[1]

1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. T–19
Record5–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1942 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams    7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State    6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College    8 2 0
Buffalo    6 2 0
Bucknell    6 2 1
Colgate    6 2 1
Army    6 3 0
Syracuse    6 3 0
Duquesne    6 3 1
Yale    5 3 0
Fordham    5 3 1
Penn    5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross    5 4 1
Dartmouth    5 4 0
Brown    4 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Vermont    4 3 0
Carnegie Tech    3 3 0
Boston University    4 5 0
Cornell    3 5 1
Princeton    3 5 1
Temple    2 5 3
Columbia    3 6 0
Pittsburgh    3 6 0
Tufts    2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall    1 4 2
Massachusetts State    2 5 0
Harvard    2 6 1
Drexel    2 6 0
Manhattan    2 6 0
CCNY    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Holy Cross was ranked at No. 41 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26DartmouthL 6–17
October 3Duquesne
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–25
October 10Fort Totten
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 60–0
October 17Syracuse
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–1910,000
October 24NC State
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–0
October 31Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 6–6
November 7at Brown
L 14–20
November 14at TempleW 13–0
November 21Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–0
November 28at Boston CollegeW 55–1230,000

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 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.


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