1927 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1927 Holy Cross Crusaders football
1927 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
1927 record	6–3
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (9th season);
Home stadium	Fitton Field
	Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

The 1927 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 6–3 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	St. John's	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 7–0
October 8	Dayton	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 18–0
October 15	Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–14
October 22	Catholic University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 23–8
October 29	Rutgers	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 39–0
November 5	vs. Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 7–2
November 12	at Marquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 6–12
November 19	Boston University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 19–0
November 26	vs. Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–6	40,000	^[2]^[3]

^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "Great Game Looms Up As Eagles Meet Crusaders". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Great Game Looms As B. C. Meets H. C. (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1927. p. 8. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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1927 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Tufts		–		8	–	0	–	0
Army		–		9	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		7	–	0	–	2
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	1
Temple		–		7	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		7	–	1	–	0
NYU		–		7	–	1	–	2
Princeton		–		6	–	1	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	1	–	0
Penn State		–		6	–	2	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	2	–	1
Columbia		–		5	–	2	–	2
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	1
Colgate		–		4	–	2	–	3
CCNY		–		4	–	2	–	2
Lafayette		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		4	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		4	–	4	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	3	–	2
Boston University		–		3	–	4	–	1
Drexel		–		3	–	5	–	1
Fordham		–		3	–	5	–	0
Brown		–		3	–	6	–	1
Vermont		–		2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh		–		1	–	7	–	1