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1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Orange Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army     9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia     8 1 0
Temple     7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross     8 2 0
Tufts     4 1 0
No. 8 Penn     6 2 0
Yale     6 3 0
Massachusetts State     2 1 1
Harvard     5 3 0
Penn State     5 3 0
Cornell     5 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Boston College     3 4 0
Brown     3 4 1
Colgate     3 4 1
Princeton     2 3 2
NYU     3 4 0
Pittsburgh     3 7 0
Bucknell     2 5 0
Drexel     2 5 0
Dartmouth     1 6 1
Syracuse     1 6 0
Boston University     0 5 0
CCNY     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1945 college football season. The Crusaders were led by first-year head coach John "Ox" DaGrosa and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. They finished the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 16th in the AP Poll.[1] Holy Cross was invited to the Orange Bowl, played on New Years Day, where they lost to Miami (FL), 6–13. This was the first and only bowl game in Holy Cross's history.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 29at DartmouthW 13–6
October 6at YaleW 21–0
October 13VillanovaNo. 12W 26–7
October 20at BrownNo. 19W 25–0
October 27ColgateNo. 15
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–0
November 4New London Submarine BaseNo. 11
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 20–6
November 11Coast GuardNo. 13
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 39–6
November 17TempleNo. 10
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 6–14
November 25vs. Boston CollegeW 46–0
January 1at Miami (FL)No. 16L 6–13
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ "1945 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.