1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. T–19
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Ank Scanlan (1st season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1942 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Dartmouth	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–17
October 3	Duquesne	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–25
October 10	Fort Totten	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 60–0
October 17	Syracuse	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–19	10,000
October 24	NC State	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–0
October 31	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 6–6
November 7	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 14–20
November 14	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 13–0
November 21	Manhattan	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–0
November 28	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 55–12	30,000