1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 9
Record	8–1
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (6th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1938 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Worcester Tech			–					6	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1938 college football season. The Crusaders were led by sixth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross's sole loss on the year came on a road trip to Carnegie Tech, where a missed extra point by the Crusaders prevented the tie. They finished ninth in the final AP Poll, the best finish in the Crusaders' history.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24		Providence		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–0	12,000
October 1		Rhode Island		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 46–13
October 8		Manhattan		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 19–6
October 15		at Carnegie Tech		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–7
October 22	2:00 p.m.	Georgia	No. 14	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 29–6	24,000–25,000
October 29		Colgate	No. 14	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 21–0
November 5		Temple	No. 13	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 33–0
November 12		Brown	No. 11	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 14–12
November 26		vs. Boston College	No. 11	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 29–7	36,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time