1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 9
Record	8–1
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (6th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1938 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Worcester Tech			–					6	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1938 college football season. The Crusaders were led by sixth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross's sole loss on the year came on a road trip to Carnegie Tech, where a missed extra point by the Crusaders prevented the tie.^[1] They finished ninth in the final AP Poll,^[2] the best finish in the Crusaders' history.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24		Providence		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–0	12,000	[4]
October 1		Rhode Island		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 46–13
October 8		Manhattan		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 19–6
October 15		at Carnegie Tech		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–7
October 22	2:00 p.m.	Georgia	No. 14	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 29–6	24,000–25,000	[5][6][7][8]
October 29		Colgate	No. 14	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 21–0
November 5		Temple	No. 13	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 33–0
November 12		Brown	No. 11	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 14–12
November 26		vs. Boston College	No. 11	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 29–7	36,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "Carnegie Tech Knocks Holy Cross From Undefeated in Pittsburgh Thriller, Winning Out, 7 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. October 16, 1938.
2. "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
3. "Holy Cross Crusaders School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
4. "Holy Cross scores in every period against Providence to open with victory". The Hartford Courant. September 25, 1938. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Georgia Bows to Holy Cross". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Bulldogs Swamped By Crusader Eleven (continued)". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 2B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Georgia Routed By Crusaders (continued)". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 4B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
8. Troy, Jack (October 23, 1938). "Jack Troy's Running Story of Holy Cross-Georgia Game at Worcester". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 4B. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "1938 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
10. "Holy Cross Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2017.