1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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]

1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 9
1938 record8–1
Head coachEddie Anderson (6th season)
Home stadiumFitton Field
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
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
No. 8 Pittsburgh      8 2 0
Army      7 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech      7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth      7 2 0
Brown      5 3 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Penn      3 2 3
Manhattan      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
La Salle      4 4 0
NYU      4 4 0
Penn State      3 4 1
Princeton      3 4 1
Duquesne      4 6 0
Temple      3 6 1
Columbia      3 6 0
Massachusetts State      3 6 0
Colgate      2 5 0
Yale      2 6 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 24Providence
W 28–0
October 1Rhode Island
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 46–13
October 8Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 19–6
October 15at Carnegie Tech
L 6–7
October 26GeorgiaNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 29–6
October 29ColgateNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–0
November 5TempleNo. 13
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 33–0
November 12BrownNo. 11
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–12
November 26vs. Boston CollegeNo. 11
W 29–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[4][5]

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. "1937 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  5. "Holy Cross Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2017.


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