1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1940 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football
1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	4–5–1
Head coach	Joe Sheeketski (2nd season);
Home stadium	Fitton Field
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its second year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–6
October 5	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–25
October 12	at Carnegie Tech	Pittsburgh, PA	W 18–0
October 19	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 13–7	12,000	^[2]
October 26	at Brown	Providence, RI	L 6–9
November 2	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–6
November 9	Ole Miss	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–34
November 16	Temple	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 6–6
November 23	Manhattan	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 33–25
November 30	vs. Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 0–7	39,000

^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "Crusaders top Violets, 13–7". Daily News. October 20, 1940. p. 93. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Bowls & rivalries	1946 Orange Bowl Boston College Ram–Crusader Cup (Fordham)
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1940 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College		–		11	–	0	–	0
Duquesne		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Penn		–		6	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Fordham		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		5	–	2	–	1
Columbia		–		5	–	2	–	2
Brown		–		6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell		–		4	–	2	–	2
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra		–		4	–	3	–	0
Harvard		–		3	–	2	–	3
Dartmouth		–		5	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		4	–	4	–	1
Tufts		–		4	–	4	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	4	–	1
Syracuse		–		3	–	4	–	1
Buffalo		–		3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	0
Manhattan		–		3	–	6	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	7	–	0
Yale		–		1	–	7	–	0
Army		–		1	–	7	–	1
CCNY		–		1	–	5	–	1
Massachusetts State		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll