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1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1938 college football season. The Crusaders were led by sixth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross's sole loss on the year came on a road trip to Carnegie Tech, where a missed extra point by the Crusaders prevented the tie.[1] They finished ninth in the final AP Poll,[2] the best finish in the Crusaders' history.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24ProvidenceW 28–012,000[4]
October 1Rhode Island
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 46–13
October 8Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 19–6
October 15at Carnegie TechL 6–7
October 222:00 p.m.GeorgiaNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 29–624,000–25,000[5][6][7][8]
October 29ColgateNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–0
November 5TempleNo. 13
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 33–0
November 12BrownNo. 11
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–12
November 26vs. Boston CollegeNo. 11W 29–736,000

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References

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  1. ^ "Carnegie Tech Knocks Holy Cross From Undefeated in Pittsburgh Thriller, Winning Out, 7 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. October 16, 1938.
  2. ^ "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross Crusaders School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross scores in every period against Providence to open with victory". The Hartford Courant. September 25, 1938. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Georgia Bows to Holy Cross". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Bulldogs Swamped By Crusader Eleven (continued)". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 2B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Georgia Routed By Crusaders (continued)". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 4B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Jack Troy's Running Story of Holy Cross-Georgia Game at Worcester". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 4B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "1938 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  10. ^ "Holy Cross Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2017.