1932 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1932 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1932 college football season. Holy Cross was led by third-year head coach John McEwan for the first seven games of the season. McEwan was suspended and ultimately resigned after an argument with the team's trainer, Bart Sullivan, during Holy Cross's loss to Brown on November 5.^[1] Bunny Corcoran served as the team's interim head coach for the final three games of the season. Holy Cross finished the year with an overall record of 6–2–2.^[2] The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1932 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–2
Head coach	John McEwan (3rd season; first 7 games) Bunny Corcoran (interim, final 3 games)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1931 1933 →

1932 Eastern college football independents records

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	3:00 p.m.	New River State	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 13–6		^[3]^[4]
October 1	2:30 p.m.	Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 26–6		^[5]^[6]
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Maine	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 32–6		^[7]
October 15		Detroit	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 9–7		^[8]
October 22		at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 6–0		^[9]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Catholic University	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 8–0		^[10]
November 5		at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 7–10	20,000	^[11]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–7		^[12]^[13]^[14]
November 19		at Manhattan	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	T 0–0	8,000	^[15]
November 26	1:45 p.m.	Boston College	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 0–0		^[16]^[17]
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Holy Cross Grid Coach Suspended". The Cincinnati Post. Cincinnati, Ohio. United Press. November 10, 1932. p. 18. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
2. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
3. "Holy Cross Starts Three Sophomores". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 24, 1932. p. 11. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
4. "Holy Cross Edges New River". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. United Press. September 25, 1932. p. 18. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
5. "Ryan And Kelly Out Of Crusader Lineup". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1932. p. 10. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
6. "Holy Cross Eleven Displays Power in Humbling Providence". The Hartford Courant. October 2, 1932 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Crippled Crusaders Meet Maine Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1932. p. 10. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
8. W. W. Edgar (October 16, 1932). "Holy Cross Eleven Turns Back Titans, 9 to 7". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Holy Cross overcomes stubborn Rutgers team". Hartford Courant. October 23, 1932. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Crippled Crusaders Meet Catholic U." The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1932. p. 10. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
11. "Brown Rally At End Nips Holy Cross". Sunday News. New York, New Yorf. Associated Press. November 6, 1932. p. 71. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
12. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 12, 1932). "Harvard Again Underdog Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
13. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 12, 1932). "Harvard Again Underdog Today (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 8. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
14. "Grim Harvard Beats Holy Cross, 7 to 0". New York Daily News. November 13, 1932. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Manhattan Plays To Scoreless Tie With Holy Cross". New York Daily News. November 20, 1932. p. 52C – via Newspapers.com.
16. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 26, 1932). "Boston College Opposes Holy Cross Rival Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
17. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 26, 1932). "B.C. Eleven plays Holy Cross Today (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 9. Retrieved March 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .