1922 Holy Cross football team

1922 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (4th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1922 Eastern college football independents records

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

The 1922 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In its third season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	New London Submarine Base	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 19–6		[2]
September 30	Providence College	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 33–3		[3]
October 7	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston,MA	L 0–20
October 14	Villanova	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 14–0		[4]
October 21	Boston University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 7–7		[5][6]
October 28	Vermont	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 6–0		[7]
November 4	at Georgetown	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 10–0
November 11	Springfield	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 17–0
November 18	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–0		[8]
December 2	at Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 13–17	54,000

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
2. "Holy Cross Meets Real Opposition". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 24, 1922. p. 19. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Holy Cross Rips Up Providence, 33 To 3". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1922. p. 21. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Villanova Hold Purple Team Well". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1922. p. 19. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Holy Cross Team For B. U. Game Selected". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Boston University And Holy Cross Windup 7-7". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1922. p. 20. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Holy Cross defeats U.V.M. eleven, 6 to 0". Rutland Daily Herald. October 30, 1922. Retrieved June 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Holy Cross Is Victor". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 12, 1922. p. 28. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .