1902 Holy Cross football team

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1902 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Baldwin
Home stadiumWorcester College Grounds, Worcester Oval
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ursinus     9 0 0
Yale     11 0 1
Geneva     7 0 0
Harvard     11 1 0
Princeton     8 1 0
Army     6 1 1
Frankin & Marshall     7 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 1
Holy Cross     6 2 1
Syracuse     6 2 1
Carlisle     8 3 0
Cornell     8 3 0
Lafayette     8 3 0
Amherst     7 3 0
Penn State     7 3 0
Penn     9 4 0
Lehigh     7 3 1
Vermont     5 3 2
Colgate     5 3 1
NYU     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 4 0
Columbia     6 4 1
Springfield Training School     3 2 1
Villanova     4 3 0
Brown     5 4 1
Swarthmore     6 6 0
Western U. of Penn.     5 6 1
New Hampshire     2 3 1
Buffalo     3 5 1
Tufts     4 6 1
Fordham     2 4 1
Wesleyan     3 6 1
Rutgers     3 7 0
Navy     2 7 1
Drexel     1 4 1
Temple     1 4 1
Pittsburgh College     1 6 0
Boston College     0 8 0

The 1902 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1902 college football season.

In their fifth and final year under head coach Maurice Connor, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record. William Baldwin was the team captain.[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at two off-campus fields in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Worcester Oval and the Worcester College Grounds.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22 Massachusetts
T 0–0 [2]
October 4 at Worcester Polytechnic
  • WPI Campus
  • Worcester, MA
W 10–0 [3]
October 15 at Amherst L 5–29 [4]
October 18 Worcester Polytechnic
W 11–0 [5]
October 25 Vermont
  • Worcester College Grounds
  • Worcester, MA
W 11–5 [6]
November 1 at Pittsfield A.C.
W 2–0 [7]
November 8 at Fordham
W 17–0 [8]
November 15 at Tufts
L 5–11 [9]
November 22 Boston College W 22–0 [10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross 0, M.A.C. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross 10, Worcester 0". The Berkshire Evening Eagle. Pittsfield, Mass. October 6, 1902. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Amherst 29, Holy Cross 5". The Boston Post. Boston, Mass. October 16, 1902. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Holy Cross 11, W.P.I. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 19, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Holy Cross 11, Vermont 5". Burlington Daily Free Press. Burlington, Vt. October 27, 1902. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dirty Football Resorted to by Holy Cross". The Berkshire Evening Eagle. Pittsfield, Mass. November 3, 1902. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross, 17; Fordham, 0". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 9, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tufts 11, Holy Cross 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 16, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Holy Cross Won; Boston College Loses 22 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 23, 1902. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.