1923 Holy Cross football team

The 1923 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled an 8–2 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1923 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29U.S. Submarine BaseW 49–0
October 6Lebanon Valley
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 55–0
October 13Providence College
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 32–0
October 20at HarvardL 0–6
October 27Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 13–0[2]
November 3Vermont
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 16–0[3]
November 10at FordhamW 23–7
November 17Springfield
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 40–0[4]
November 25Buffalo
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 37–0
December 1at Boston College
L 7–1647,000

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross In 13 to 0 Victory". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1923. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Glennon sparkles in Purple victory". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1923. Retrieved June 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Springfield Swept Off Feet By Purple". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 18, 1923. p. 22. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .