1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1945 college football season. The Crusaders were led by first-year head coach John "Ox" DaGrosa and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. They finished the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 16th in the AP Poll.[1] Holy Cross was invited to the Orange Bowl, played on New Years Day, where they lost to Miami (FL), 6–13. This was the first and only bowl game in Holy Cross's history.

1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Orange Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
1945 record8–2
Head coachOx DaGrosa (1st season)
Home stadiumFitton Field
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Army      9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall      4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia      8 1 0
Temple      7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross      8 2 0
Tufts      4 1 0
No. 8 Penn      6 2 0
Yale      6 3 0
Massachusetts State      2 1 1
Harvard      5 3 0
Penn State      5 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Boston College      3 4 0
Brown      3 4 1
Colgate      3 4 1
Princeton      2 3 2
NYU      3 4 0
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Drexel      2 5 0
Dartmouth      1 6 1
Syracuse      1 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 29at Dartmouth
W 13–6
October 6at Yale
W 21–0
October 13VillanovaNo. 12
W 26–7
October 20at BrownNo. 19
W 25–0
October 27ColgateNo. 15
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–0
November 4New London Submarine BaseNo. 11
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 20–6
November 11Coast GuardNo. 13
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 39–6
November 17TempleNo. 10
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 6–14
November 25vs. Boston College
W 46–0
January 1at Miami (FL)No. 16L 6–13
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[2]

References

  1. "1945 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. "1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.


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