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1930 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1930 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colgate     9 1 0
Fordham     8 1 0
No. 9 Army     9 1 1
No. 8 Dartmouth     7 1 1
St. John's     7 1 0
NYU     7 3 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 1
Tufts     5 2 0
Temple     7 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Carnegie Tech     6 3 0
Duquesne     6 3 0
Syracuse     5 2 2
Yale     5 2 2
CCNY     5 2 1
Brown     6 3 1
Drexel     6 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     5 3 1
Manhattan     4 3 1
Columbia     5 4 0
Penn     5 4 0
Boston College     5 5 0
Villanova     5 5 0
Penn State     3 4 2
Harvard     3 4 1
Providence     3 4 1
Princeton     1 5 1
Boston University     1 7 1
Vermont     1 7 1
Massachusetts     1 8 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In its first season under head coach John McEwan, the team compiled an 8–2 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27St. BonaventureW 30–0
October 4Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 27–0[2]
October 11Catholic University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 27–6[3]
October 18Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–6[4]
October 25at BrownL 0–13[5]
November 1at Rutgers
W 32–20[6]
November 8New River State
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 13–0
November 15at HarvardW 27–035,000[7]
November 22Loyola (MD)
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 32–0
November 29vs. Boston College
W 7–0[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross gridmen trounce Providence with 27 to 0 margin". The Hartford Courant. October 5, 1930. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross is 27 to 6 winner over Catholic". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 12, 1930. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham defeats Holy Cross by 6–0". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 19, 1930. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brown victor in 13–0 clash". The Baltimore Sun. October 26, 1930. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers beaten by Holy Cross; Score 32 to 20". Hartford Courant. November 2, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross pulls surprise on Harvard". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 16, 1930. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 29, 1930). "Eagle—Crusader At Season's Best". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 29, 1930). "Eagle—Crusader At Season's Best (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 11. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.