1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its second year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	4–5–1
Head coach	Joe Sheeketski (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1940 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College			–					11	–	0	–	0
Duquesne			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Penn			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	2	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	2	–	3
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					3	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Manhattan			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Army			–					1	–	7	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	Providence		W 34–6
October 5	at LSU		L 0–25
October 12	Carnegie Tech		W 18–0
October 19	at NYU		W 13–7
October 26	at Brown		L 6–9
November 2	Colgate		L 0–6
November 9	Ole Miss		L 6–34
November 16	Temple		T 6–6
November 23	Manhattan		W 33–25
November 30	vs. Boston College		L 0–7

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.