1931 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1931 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	John McEwan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1931 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					6	–	0	–	3
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Harvard			–					7	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					8	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					7	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	1	–	1
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Yale			–					5	–	1	–	2
Army			–					8	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	0
Providence			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	2	–	2
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne			–					3	–	5	–	3
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	1
St. John's			–					3	–	5	–	1
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					2	–	7	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	8	–	0
Princeton			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its second season under head coach John McEwan, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	St. Bonaventure	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 32–0
October 3	Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 26–6
October 10	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 7–14
October 17	at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 6–6	20,000
October 24	Rutgers	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 27–0
October 31	Brown	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 33–0
November 7	Duquesne	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 12–0
November 14	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–7
November 21	Loyola (MD)	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 16–14
November 26	vs. Boston College	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 7–6	25,000