1902 Holy Cross football team

1902 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Maurice Connor (5th season)
Captain	William Baldwin
Home stadium	Worcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval

1902 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ursinus			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	0	–	1
Geneva			–					7	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					8	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					9	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					6	–	4	–	1
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	6	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					5	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	7	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1902 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1902 college football season.

In their fifth and final year under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record. William Baldwin was the team captain.^[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at two off-campus fields in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Worcester Oval and the Worcester College Grounds.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 22	Massachusetts	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA	T 0–0	[2]
October 4	at Worcester Polytechnic	WPI Campus Worcester, MA	W 10–0	[3]
October 15	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 5–29	[4]
October 18	Worcester Polytechnic	Worcester Oval Worcester, MA	W 11–0	[5]
October 25	Vermont	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA	W 11–5	[6]
November 1	at Pittsfield A.C.	Pittsfield Common Pittsfield, MA	W 2–0	[7]
November 8	at Fordham	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 17–0	[8]
November 15	at Tufts	Tufts Oval Medford, MA	L 5–11	[9]
November 22	Boston College	South End Grounds Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 22–0	[10]

References

1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Holy Cross 0, M.A.C. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Holy Cross 10, Worcester 0". The Berkshire Evening Eagle. Pittsfield, Mass. October 6, 1902. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Amherst 29, Holy Cross 5". The Boston Post. Boston, Mass. October 16, 1902. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Holy Cross 11, W.P.I. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 19, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Holy Cross 11, Vermont 5". Burlington Daily Free Press. Burlington, Vt. October 27, 1902. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Dirty Football Resorted to by Holy Cross". The Berkshire Evening Eagle. Pittsfield, Mass. November 3, 1902. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Holy Cross, 17; Fordham, 0". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 9, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Tufts 11, Holy Cross 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 16, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Holy Cross Won; Boston College Loses 22 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 23, 1902. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.