1908 Holy Cross football team

The 1908 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1908 college football season.

1908 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Timothy F. Larkin (2nd season)
Captain	Daniel J. Triggs
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1907 1909 →

1908 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					11	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	1	–	1
Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	2
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	3
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Dickinson			–					5	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	3
Wesleyan			–					3	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	3	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	2
Rutgers			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	6	–	2
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Villanova			–					1	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	7	–	0

In their second year under head coach Timothy F. Larkin, the team compiled a 4–4 record. Daniel J. Triggs was the team captain.^[1]

After three years of sharing its home field with the college's baseball team, Holy Cross' football team moved its home games to a new stadium, also called Fitton Field, beyond the baseball team's right-field fence.

Mayor James Logan was present to blow the first whistle at the September 25 debut of the new football stadium on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Norwich	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 5–0	600	^[2]
October 3	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	L 0–5	1,500	^[3]
October 10	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–18	7,000	^[4]
October 17	at Bowdoin	Portland, ME	W 12–5		^[5]
October 24	Dartmouth	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 5–18	5,000	^[6]
October 31	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	L 0–28		^[7]
November 7	Tufts	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 6–0		^[8]
November 14	Worcester Tech	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 16–0		^[1]

References

1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Norwich Held Well After First Rushes". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, Vt. September 28, 1908. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Vermont 5, Holy Cross 0". Burlington Daily News. Burlington, Vt. October 5, 1908. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Yale 18, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 11, 1908. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Holy Cross 12, Bowdoin 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 18, 1908. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Dartmouth Scored Upon". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 25, 1908. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Joy at Trinity". The Hartford Daily Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 2, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Holy Cross 6, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 8, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.