1909 Holy Cross football team

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1909 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
1909 record2–4–2
Head coach
CaptainEdward F. Sweeney
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   10 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   9 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 1 – 1
NYU   –   6 – 1 – 1
Ursinus   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   7 – 1 – 2
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 1 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 1 – 2
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   8 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   3 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 4 – 2
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Holy Cross   –   2 – 4 – 2
Swarthmore   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 3
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   1 – 6 – 1
Temple   –   0 – 4 – 1

The 1909 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1909 college football season.

In its third year under head coach Timothy F. Larkin, the team compiled a 2–4–2 record. Edward F. Sweeney was the team captain.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Norwich
W 18–0 [2]
October 2 New Hampshire
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 13–0 [3]
October 6 at Yale
L 0–12 3,000 [4]
October 16 Trinity (CT)
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 5–5 [5]
October 23 Bowdoin
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–5 [6]
October 30 at Dartmouth
L 0–12 [7]
November 13 Worcester Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 0–0 [1]
November 20 at Fordham
L 5–9 4,000 [8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 118. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross Beats Norwich". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, Vt. September 27, 1909. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross 13, N.H.S.C. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 3, 1909. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yale by 12 to 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. October 7, 1909. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross Equals Trinity's Score". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 17, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bowdoin 5, Holy Cross 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 25, 1909. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dartmouth Good in Spots". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 31, 1909. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham Beats Holy Cross". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 21, 1909. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
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