1930 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1930 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In its first season under head coach John McEwan, the team compiled an 8–2 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1930 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2
Head coach	John McEwan (1st season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

1930 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Colgate			–					9	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army			–					9	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
NYU			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	2
Yale			–					5	–	2	–	2
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					4	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					1	–	7	–	1
Vermont			–					1	–	7	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	St. Bonaventure	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 30–0
October 4	Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 27–0		^[2]
October 11	Catholic University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 27–6		^[3]
October 18	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–6		^[4]
October 25	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–13		^[5]
November 1	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 32–20		^[6]
November 8	New River State	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 13–0
November 15	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 27–0	35,000	^[7]
November 22	Loyola (MD)	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 32–0
November 29	vs. Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 7–0		^[8]^[9]

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
2. "Holy Cross gridmen trounce Providence with 27 to 0 margin". The Hartford Courant. October 5, 1930. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Holy Cross is 27 to 6 winner over Catholic". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 12, 1930. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fordham defeats Holy Cross by 6–0". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 19, 1930. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Brown victor in 13–0 clash". The Baltimore Sun. October 26, 1930. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Rutgers beaten by Holy Cross; Score 32 to 20". Hartford Courant. November 2, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Holy Cross pulls surprise on Harvard". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 16, 1930. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Webb, Melville E., Jr. (November 29, 1930). "Eagle—Crusader At Season's Best". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
9. Webb, Melville E., Jr. (November 29, 1930). "Eagle—Crusader At Season's Best (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 11. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)