1914 Holy Cross football team

1914 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–1
Head coach	Luke Kelly (1st season)
Captain	Walter Mullen
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1914 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	2	–	2
Fordham			–					6	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	2
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	3	–	3
Carlisle			–					5	–	10	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	5	–	1
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					1	–	6	–	2
Duquesne			–					1	–	5	–	0

The 1914 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1914 college football season.

In its first year under head coach Luke Kelly, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record. Walter Mullen was the team captain.^[1]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	Colby	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–17	[2]
October 3	Massachusetts	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–14	[3]
October 10	at Springfield YMCA	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	L 0–25	[4]
October 24	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–14	[5]
October 31	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 3–48	[6]
November 7	vs. Carlisle	Textile Field Manchester, NH	T 0–0	[7]
November 14	Boston College	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 10–0	[8]
November 26	Vermont	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 7–0	[9]

References

1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Colby 17; Holy Cross 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. September 28, 1915. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Holy Cross Easy for Aggies". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 4, 1914. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Holy Cross Never in Game". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 11, 1914. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Holy Cross Lost to Soldier Boys". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 25, 1914. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Cornell Foe Buried Under Big Scoring". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. November 1, 1914. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Holy Cross Holds Indians Scoreless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 8, 1914. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Holy Cross Wins First Victory of the Season". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 15, 1914. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Vermont's Attack Makes Holy Cross Work Hard to Win". Burlington Daily Free Press. Burlington, Vt. November 27, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.