American college football season

1906 Holy Cross football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–3–1
Head coach|

* George W. King (1st season)

Captain| George S.L. Connor
Home stadium| Fitton Field

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1906 Eastern college football independents records

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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]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| Massachusetts|

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA

| W 6–4| | [1]
October 6| at Dartmouth|

* Alumni Oval
* Hanover, NH

| L 0–16| | [2]
October 13| at Yale|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–17| 1,000| [3]
October 20| vs. Maine|

* Pine Tree Park
* Portland, ME

| T 0–0| 1,000| [4]
October 27| Worcester Tech|

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA

| W 29–0| | [5]
November 3| Fordham|

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA (rivalry)

| W 8–5| | [6]
November 10| at Cornell|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| L 6–16| | [7]
November 29| at Fordham|

* Polo Grounds
* New York, NY (rivalry)

| W 15–6| 6,000| [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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Holy Cross Crusaders football

Venues|

* Worcester College Grounds (1896–1902)
* Worcester Oval (1897–1902)
* Fitton Field (1903–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1946 Orange Bowl
* Boston College
* Fordham: Ram–Crusader Cup
* Sacred Cod Trophy

Culture & lore|

* The Crusader
* "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!"
* Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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