1916 Holy Cross football team

1916 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Luke Kelly (3rd season)
Captain	Raymond Lynch
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1916 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1916 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1916 college football season.

In its third year under head coach Luke Kelly, the team compiled a 4–5 record. Raymond Lynch was the team captain.^[1] He replaced captain-elect Mark Devlin, who withdrew from the school before the season began.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Connecticut	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 7–0		[3]
September 30	Princeton	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–21	6,000	[4]
October 7	Bates	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 3–0		[5]
October 14	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–17		[6]
November 4	vs. Rutgers	Weidenmayer's Park Newark, NJ	L 6–14	3,000	[7]
November 11	at Bowdoin	Bayside Park Portland, ME	W 19–10	2,500	[8]
November 18	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	L 0–40	1,500	[9][10]
November 25	at Worcester Polytechnic	Alumni Field Worcester, MA	W 9–6		[11]
December 2^	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 14–17	8,000	[12]
^ rescheduled from November 30 due to inclement weather[13]

References

1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Terse News of Sports". The New York Times. March 24, 1916.
3. "Holy Cross Gets Lucky Win 7 to 0". The Sunday Post. Boston, Mass. September 24, 1916. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tigers Get Edge on Holy Cross in Early Periods". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 1, 1916. Sporting sect., p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Holy Cross Goal from Field Beats Bates, 3-0". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 9, 1916. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Oliphant Stars as Army Beats Holy Cross Men". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1916. sect. II, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Rutgers Too Strong for Holy Cross Men". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1916. sect. II, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bowdoin is Beaten by Holy Cross". The Sunday Post. Boston, Mass. November 12, 1916. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Fordham Humbles Holy Cross, 40 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 19, 1916. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Fordham Buries Holy Cross, 40 to 0". The Sun. November 19, 1916 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Holy Cross Wins by Daley's Field Goal". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 26, 1916. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Sweeney, Lawrence J. (December 3, 1916). "Boston Wins Bitter Battle". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Boston College and Purple Tomorrow". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. December 1, 1916. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.