1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (7th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1924 1926 →

1925 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Dartmouth		–		8	–	0	–	0
Fordham		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Colgate		–		7	–	0	–	2
No. 10 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	1	–	1
No. 11 Lafayette		–		7	–	1	–	1
Springfield		–		6	–	1	–	1
Princeton		–		5	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross		–		8	–	2	–	0
Penn		–		7	–	2	–	0
Army		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
NYU		–		6	–	2	–	1
Villanova		–		6	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	2	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	2	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	2	–	1
Bucknell		–		7	–	3	–	1
Columbia		–		6	–	3	–	1
Muhlenberg		–		6	–	3	–	1
Temple		–		5	–	2	–	2
Harvard		–		4	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		5	–	4	–	1
Penn State		–		4	–	4	–	1
Buffalo		–		3	–	4	–	1
St. John's		–		3	–	4	–	0
Lehigh		–		3	–	5	–	1
Vermont		–		3	–	6	–	0
CCNY		–		2	–	5	–	0
Providence		–		2	–	7	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	7	–	0
Boston University		–		1	–	5	–	0
Manhattan		–		1	–	6	–	1
Tufts		–		1	–	6	–	0
Drexel		–		1	–	7	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled an 8–2 record and defeated Harvard for the first time in school history.^[1]

This was the first team to be named the "Holy Cross Crusaders", as the college adopted its first official team name by a vote of the student body in October 1925. "Crusaders" was the overwhelming favorite in a three-way race, with 143 votes, beating "Chiefs" (17) and "Sagamores" (7). The poll was conducted by The Tomahawk, the student weekly newspaper.^[2] Though the Tomahawk noted that this was the college's first official athletic nickname, newspapers had been referring to Holy Cross teams as "the Purple" for years.^[3]

The team played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Manhattan	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 41–0		^[4]
October 3	St. John's	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 9–6		^[5]
October 12	Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 22–0		^[6]
October 17	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 7–6	50,000	^[7]
October 24	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 47–3		^[8]
October 31	Bucknell	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 23–7		^[9]
November 7	at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–17	25,000	^[10]
November 14	Rutgers	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 6–0		^[11]
November 21	Boston University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 48–7		^[12]
November 28	at Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 6–17	47,000	^[13]

References

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^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ "Crusaders Chosen by Student Body". The Tomahawk. Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. October 6, 1925. p. 1.
^ Webb, Melville E. (October 8, 1925). "Holy Cross Now 'Crusaders'". The Boston Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Has Easy Time With Manhattan, 41-0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 27, 1925. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "St. John's Holds Holy Cross To 9 To 6 Score". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1925. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Is Victor, 22 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1925. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Snatches Victory From Harvard". New York Daily News. October 18, 1925. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Vermont Easy for Holy Cross". Salt Lake Telegram. October 25, 1925. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Holy Cross Keeps Grid Slate Clean". The Hartford Courant. November 1, 1925. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fordham Trounces Holy Cross, 17 to 0". New York Daily News. November 8, 1925. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rutgers Eleven Defeated By Holy Cross Combination". the Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1925. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Boston University Easy for Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 22, 1925. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
^ "B.C. Warriors Defeat Holy Cross By 17 to 6". New York Daily News. November 29, 1925. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Holy Cross Crusaders football
Venues	Worcester College Grounds (1896–1902) Worcester Oval (1897–1902) Fitton Field (1903–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1946 Orange Bowl Boston College Fordham: Ram–Crusader Cup Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	The Crusader "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!" Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band 2021 Patriot League Football Championship Game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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