1952 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1952 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In its ninth year under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled an 8–2 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Dartmouth
W 27–9 14,327 [2]
October 4Fordhamdagger
W 12–7 21,895 [3]
October 11at NYU
W 35–0 5,000 [4]
October 18Brown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 46–0 7,500 [5]
October 25at Syracuse
L 19–20 18,000 [6]
November 1at Marquette
W 7–0 20,050 [7]
November 8Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 13–7 10,000 [8]
November 16Quantico Marines
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 18–27 12,000 [9]
November 22Temple
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–0 1,600 [10]
November 29vs. Boston College
W 21–7 37,889 [11]
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross Subdues Dartmouth by 27-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. September 28, 1952. p. S1.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 5, 1952). "Holy Cross Squeezes Past Fordham, 12-7, Despite Being Outrushed and Outpassed". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Keane, Clif (October 12, 1952). "Maloy Tosses 3 Scoring Passes in Holy Cross Romp". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 19, 1952). "Holy Cross Rambles to 46-0 Triumph over Brown". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Slattery, Jack (October 26, 1952). "Syracuse Edges Holy Cross, 20-19". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Keane, Clif (November 2, 1952). "Holy Cross Beats Marquette, 7-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 9, 1952). "H.C. Defeats Colgate, 13-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Keane, Clif (November 16, 1952). "Marines Topple H.C., 27-18, Despite Maloy's Passing". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 23, 1952). "Temple Loses to Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 28, 1952). "H.C. Cashes B.C. Miscues for 21-7 Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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