1953 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1953 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its tenth year under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled a 5–5 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1953 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record5–5
Head coachEddie Anderson (10th season)
Home stadiumFitton Field
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army      7 1 1
Harvard      6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 0
Yale      5 2 2
Penn State      6 3 0
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Boston College      5 3 1
Boston University      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Tufts      4 3 0
Cornell      4 3 2
Holy Cross      5 5 0
Temple      4 4 1
Colgate      3 4 2
Columbia      4 5 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Villanova      4 6 0
Drexel      2 3 1
Penn      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Dartmouth      2 7 0
Buffalo      1 5 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26vs. DartmouthW 28–6
October 3at ColgateW 19–6
October 10BucknellW 40–0
October 18Quantico MarinesL 0–17
October 24at BrownL 0–6
October 31SyracuseL 0–21
November 7Boston UniversityW 20–7
November 14MarquetteL 7–13
November 21FordhamW 20–7
November 28vs. Boston CollegeL 0–6
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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