1906 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainGeorge S.L. Connor
Home stadiumFitton Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 1
Haverford   –   7 – 0 – 2
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 2
Lafayette   –   8 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 3
Carlisle   –   9 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 2
Vermont   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 3 – 1
Lehigh   –   5 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 2
Army   –   3 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   2 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 7 – 0
Springfield Training School   –   1 – 5 – 3
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1906 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1906 college football season.

In their only year under head coach George W. King, the Crusaders compiled a 4–3–1 record. George S.L. Connor returned for a second year as the team captain.[1]

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

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Massachusetts
W 6–4[1]
October 6at Dartmouth
L 0–16[2]
October 13at Yale
L 0–171,000[3]
October 20vs. Maine
T 0–01,000[4]
October 27Worcester Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 29–0[5]
November 3Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
W 8–5[6]
November 10at Cornell
L 6–16[7]
November 29at Fordham
W 15–66,000[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Whirlwind Game at Hanover". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. October 7, 1906. sect. II, p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Yale's Form Holds". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 14, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Maine Robbed of the Game, Says a Portland Paper". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 22, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross 29, W.P.I. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 28, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fordham Plays Well, but Loses to Holy Cross". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 4, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross Team Gives Ithacans Stiff Battle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. November 11, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fordham in Defeat". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 30, 1906. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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