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1904 Holy Cross football team - Wikipedia

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1904 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–2
Head coach	Frank Cavanaugh (2nd season)
Captain	Timothy F. Larkin
Home stadium	Holy Cross Field
Seasons ← 1903 1905 →

1904 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Penn		–		12	–	0	–	0
Western U. of Penn.		–		10	–	0	–	0
Dartmouth		–		7	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		10	–	1	–	0
Amherst		–		9	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	1
Carlisle		–		10	–	2	–	0
Lafayette		–		8	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		8	–	2	–	0
Army		–		7	–	2	–	0
Fordham		–		4	–	1	–	1
Harvard		–		7	–	2	–	1
Dickinson		–		8	–	3	–	1
Columbia		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	2	–	1
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore		–		6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		6	–	5	–	0
Bucknell		–		3	–	3	–	0
Springfield Training School		–		4	–	4	–	1
NYU		–		3	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		2	–	5	–	2
Wesleyan		–		3	–	7	–	0
Geneva		–		1	–	4	–	2
Vermont		–		1	–	5	–	2
New Hampshire		–		2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		1	–	6	–	2
Tufts		–		2	–	9	–	1
Lehigh		–		1	–	8	–	0
Frankin & Marshall		–		0	–	10	–	0

The 1904 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1904 college football season.

In their second year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the team compiled a 2–5–2 record. Timothy F. Larkin was the team captain.^[1]

According to college records, Holy Cross played all of its home games at Holy Cross Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[1] Contemporary reports suggest that one of the home games, a heavily hyped October 22 date with Dartmouth, may have been played at the team's former home stadium off campus, the Worcester Oval.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Massachusetts	Holy Cross Field Worcester, MA	T 0–0		^[3]
October 1	at Bates	Garcelon Field Lewiston, ME	T 0–0		^[4]
October 5	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–23		^[5]
October 15	Tufts	Holy Cross Field Worcester, MA	W 34–0		^[6]
October 22	Dartmouth	Worcester Oval Worcester, MA	L 4–18	2,500	^[2]
October 29	vs. Georgetown	Columbia Park Philadelphia, PA	L 4–17	5,000	^[7]
November 5	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 6–40	2,500	^[8]
November 12	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 4–28	7,000	^[9]
November 24	Springfield Training School	Holy Cross Field Worcester, MA	W 12–9		^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Dartmouth Wins, 18 to 4". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 23, 1904. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross 0, M.A.C. 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1904. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bates 0; Holy Cross 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 3, 1904. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Yale 23, Holy Cross 0". The Meriden Record. Meriden, Conn. October 6, 1904. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross 34, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 16, 1904. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Defeated; Georgetown Team Vanquishes Its Old Rival". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. October 30, 1904. Sports p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amherst Plays Swift Game". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard 28, Holy Cross 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 13, 1904. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Wins, 12 to 9". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 25, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

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