1904 Holy Cross football team

The 1904 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1904 college football season.

1904 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–2
Head coach
CaptainTimothy F. Larkin
Home stadiumHoly Cross Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     12 0 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 0 0
Dartmouth     7 0 1
Yale     10 1 0
Amherst     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Army     7 2 0
Fordham     4 1 1
Harvard     7 2 1
Dickinson     8 3 1
Columbia     7 3 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Villanova     4 2 1
Syracuse     6 3 0
Swarthmore     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Penn State     6 4 0
Temple     3 2 0
Brown     6 5 0
Bucknell     3 3 0
Springfield Training School     4 4 1
NYU     3 6 0
Holy Cross     2 5 2
Wesleyan     3 7 0
Geneva     1 4 2
Vermont     1 5 2
New Hampshire     2 5 0
Rutgers     1 6 2
Tufts     2 9 1
Lehigh     1 8 0
Frankin & Marshall     0 10 0

In their second year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the team compiled a 2–5–2 record. Timothy F. Larkin was the team captain.[1]

According to college records, Holy Cross played all of its home games at Holy Cross Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] Contemporary reports suggest that one of the home games, a heavily hyped October 22 date with Dartmouth, may have been played at the team's former home stadium off campus, the Worcester Oval.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Massachusetts T 0–0 [3]
October 1 at Bates T 0–0 [4]
October 5 at Yale L 0–23 [5]
October 15 Tufts
  • Holy Cross Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 34–0 [6]
October 22 Dartmouth
L 4–18 2,500 [2]
October 29 vs. Georgetown L 4–17 5,000 [7]
November 5 at Amherst L 6–40 2,500 [8]
November 12 at Harvard L 4–28 7,000 [9]
November 24 Springfield Training School
  • Holy Cross Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–9 [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Dartmouth Wins, 18 to 4". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 23, 1904. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross 0, M.A.C. 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1904. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bates 0; Holy Cross 0". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 3, 1904. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Yale 23, Holy Cross 0". The Meriden Record. Meriden, Conn. October 6, 1904. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Holy Cross 34, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 16, 1904. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross Defeated; Georgetown Team Vanquishes Its Old Rival". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. October 30, 1904. Sports p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Amherst Plays Swift Game". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Harvard 28, Holy Cross 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 13, 1904. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Holy Cross Wins, 12 to 9". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. November 25, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.