1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its first year under head coach Ank Scanlan, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1942 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. T–19
1942 record	5–4–1
Head coach	Ank Scanlan (1st season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1942 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	3
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	6	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Manhattan			–					2	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	Dartmouth		L 6–17
October 3	Duquesne		L 0–25
October 10	Fort Totten		W 60–0
October 17	Syracuse		L 0–19
October 24	NC State		W 28–0
October 31	Colgate		T 6–6
November 7	at Brown		L 14–20
November 14	at Temple		W 13–0
November 21	Manhattan		W 28–0
November 28	vs. Boston College		W 55–12

References

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