1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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The 1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled an 8–2 record and defeated Harvard for the first time in school history.[1]

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Record8–2
Headcoach
HomestadiumFitton Field
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1925 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
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1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Dartmouth â€“ 8–0–0
Fordham â€“ 9–1–0
No. 4 Colgate â€“ 7–0–2
No. 10 Pittsburgh â€“ 8–1–0
Syracuse â€“ 8–1–1
No. 11 Lafayette â€“ 7–1–1
Springfield â€“ 6–1–1
Princeton â€“ 5–1–1
Holy Cross â€“ 8–2–0
Penn â€“ 7–2–0
Army â€“ 7–2–0
Boston College â€“ 6–2–0
Cornell â€“ 6–2–0
NYU â€“ 6–2–1
Villanova â€“ 6–2–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–2–1
Carnegie Tech â€“ 5–2–1
Yale â€“ 5–2–1
Bucknell â€“ 7–3–1
Columbia â€“ 6–3–1
Muhlenberg â€“ 6–3–1
Temple â€“ 5–2–2
Harvard â€“ 4–3–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 5–4–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–1
Penn State â€“ 4–4–1
Buffalo â€“ 3–4–1
St. John's â€“ 3–4–0
Lehigh â€“ 3–5–1
Vermont â€“ 3–6–0
CCNY â€“ 2–5–0
Providence â€“ 2–7–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–7–0
Boston University â€“ 1–5–0
Manhattan â€“ 1–6–1
Tufts â€“ 1–6–0
Drexel â€“ 1–7–0
Rankings from Dickinson System
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This was the first team to be named the "Holy Cross Crusaders", as the college adopted its first official team name by a vote of the student body in October 1925. "Crusaders" was the overwhelming favorite in a three-way race, with 143 votes, beating "Chiefs" (17) and "Sagamores" (7). The poll was conducted by The Tomahawk, the student weekly newspaper.[2] Though the Tomahawk noted that this was the college's first official athletic nickname, newspapers had been referring to Holy Cross teams as "the Purple" for years.[3]

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26ManhattanW 41–0[4]
October 3St. John's
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 9–6[5]
October 12Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 22–0[6]
October 17at HarvardW 7–650,000[7]
October 24at VermontW 47–3[8]
October 31Bucknell
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 23–7[9]
November 7at FordhamL 0–1725,000[10]
November 14Rutgers
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0[11]
November 21Boston University
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 48–7[12]
November 28at Boston College
L 6–1747,000[13]
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