1916 Holy Cross football team

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The 1916 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1916 college football season.

ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Headcoach
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1916 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainRaymond Lynch
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1915
1917 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Army â€“ 9–0–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 8–0–0
Brown â€“ 8–1–0
Colgate â€“ 8–1–0
Yale â€“ 8–1–0
Fordham â€“ 6–1–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–1–1
Penn State â€“ 8–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–2–0
Boston College â€“ 6–2–0
Cornell â€“ 6–2–0
Princeton â€“ 6–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 6–2–1
Dartmouth â€“ 5–2–2
Harvard â€“ 7–3–0
Penn â€“ 7–3–1
Temple â€“ 3–1–2
Tufts â€“ 5–3–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 4–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 3–2–2
NYU â€“ 4–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–4–0
Holy Cross â€“ 4–5–0
Vermont â€“ 4–5–0
Rhode Island State â€“ 3–4–1
New Hampshire â€“ 3–5–2
Geneva â€“ 2–5–2
Carlisle â€“ 1–3–1
Lafayette â€“ 2–6–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–9–0
Columbia â€“ 1–5–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 1–7–0
Villanova â€“ 1–8–0
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In its third year under head coach Luke Kelly, the team compiled a 4–5 record. Raymond Lynch was the team captain.[1] He replaced captain-elect Mark Devlin, who withdrew from the school before the season began.[2]

Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Connecticut W 7–0 [3]
September 30 Princeton
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 0–21 6,000 [4]
October 7 Bates
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 3–0 [5]
October 14 at Army L 0–17 [6]
November 4 vs. Rutgers
L 6–14 3,000 [7]
November 11 at Bowdoin
W 19–10 2,500 [8]
November 18 Fordham
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA (rivalry)
L 0–40 1,500 [9][10]
November 25 at Worcester Polytechnic
  • Alumni Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 9–6 [11]
December 2^ at Boston College L 14–17 8,000 [12]
  • ^ rescheduled from November 30 due to inclement weather[13]
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