1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its first year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled an 7–2 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
1939 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell   –  8 –0 –0
No. 10 Duquesne   –  8 –0 –1
Scranton   –  7 –0 –2
Princeton   –  7 –1 –0
La Salle   –  6 –1 –1
Penn State   –  5 –1 –2
No. 11 Boston College   –  9 –2 –0
No. 17 Fordham   –  6 –2 –0
Villanova   –  6 –2 –0
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Brown   –  5 –3 –1
Dartmouth   –  5 –3 –1
Hofstra   –  4 –3 –0
NYU   –  5 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –  5 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –4 –0
Manhattan   –  4 –4 –0
Penn   –  4 –4 –0
Syracuse   –  3 –3 –2
Vermont   –  3 –3 –2
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Yale   –  3 –4 –1
Army   –  3 –4 –2
Bucknell   –  3 –5 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  3 –5 –0
Providence   –  3 –5 –0
Columbia   –  2 –4 –2
Massachusetts State   –  2 –5 –2
Colgate   –  2 –5 –1
Temple   –  2 –7 –0
CCNY   –  1 –7 –0
Buffalo   –  0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–020,000[2][3]
October 7LSU
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 7–26
October 14at Georgia
W 13–0
October 21BrownW 20–0
October 28Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 27–7
November 4Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 46–010,000[4]
November 11Temple
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–0
November 18Carnegie Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–0
December 2vs. Boston College
L 0–1440,432

References
  1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "20,000 Watch Holy Cross Play Manhattan". The Boston Globe. September 30, 1939. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Jaspers Beaten, 28–0". New York Daily News. October 1, 1939. p. C35 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Holy Cross smothers Providence team, 47–0". The Hartford Courant. November 5, 1939. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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