1935 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1935 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In their third season under head coach Eddie Anderson, the Crusaders compiled a 9–0–1 record. It was the first undefeated season in school history.^[1] Nicholas Morris was the team captain.

1935 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0–1
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (3rd season)
Captain	Nicholas Morris
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1934 1936 →

1935 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Holy Cross			–					9	–	0	–	1
NYU			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					8	–	2	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	0	–	3
Syracuse			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	2	–	1
Providence			–					6	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					7	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	2	–	2
Manhattan			–					5	–	3	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					5	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Vermont			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	5	–	2
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	6	–	1
Rankings from United Press

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Rhode Island State	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 32–0	7,000	^[2]
September 28	Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 12–0	3,000	^[3]
October 5	Maine	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 47–0
October 12	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–0
October 19	Manhattan	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	T 13–13	15,000	^[4]
October 26	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 3–0
November 2	Saint Anselm	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–0
November 9	Carnegie Tech	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 7–0	20,000
November 16	Bates	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 79–0
November 30	at Boston College	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	W 20–6

References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Grattan O'Connell (September 22, 1935). "Holy Cross Overwhelms R. I. State". The Hartford Courant. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Holy Cross-Providence". The Boston Globe. September 28, 1935 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Jaspers Hold Crusaders to 13-13 Tie!". New York Daily News. October 20, 1935. p. 93 – via Newspapers.com.