1950 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1950 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its seventh, non-consecutive year under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1950 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
1950 record	4–5–1
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (7th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1950 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Army			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Cornell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	5	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	6	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	5	–	1
Harvard			–					1	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	T 21–21	13,000	[2]
October 7	Brown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 41–21	20,000	[3]
October 14	at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 28–35	7,000	[4]
October 21	Syracuse	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 27–34	18,000	[5]
October 28	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–14	30,000	[6]
November 4	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 26–7	11,000	[7]
November 11	at Marquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 19–21	16,500	[8]
November 18	Georgetown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 14–21	12,000	[9]
November 25	Temple	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 26–21	5,000	[10]
December 2	vs. Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 32–14	25,035	[11]
Homecoming

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
2. "Dartmouth in Tie with Holy Cross". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 1, 1950. p. S1.
3. "Holy Cross Passes Rout Brown, 41-21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. S4.
4. Slattery, Jack (October 15, 1950). "Holy Cross Dumped by 35-28". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
5. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 22, 1950). "Holy Cross Bows to Syracuse, 34-27". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Lee, Bill (October 29, 1950). "Luck, Skill of Irish at Yale Too Much for Holy Cross". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Holy Cross Capitalizes on Harvard Mistakes to Gain Victory at Cambridge". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1950. p. S3.
8. Thisted, Red (November 12, 1950). "Marquette Nips Holy Cross, 21 to 19". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Keane, Clif (November 19, 1950). "Georgetown Clips Sluggish H.C., 21 to 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Holbrook, Bob (November 26, 1950). "H.C. Ground Game Beats Temple 26-21". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Nason, Jerry (December 3, 1950). "Holy Cross Rally Beats B.C., 32-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.