1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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The 1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1937 college football season. The Crusaders were led by fifth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston. Despite losing key defensive players from the year prior, the Crusaders' defense was one of the best in the country, allowing only three touchdowns all season.[1] Holy Cross went undefeated on the year, with a record of 8–0–2, finishing tied for 14th in the final AP poll.

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. T–14
Record8–0–2
Headcoach
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1937 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. T–14
Record8–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Fenway Park (alternate)
Seasons
← 1936
1938 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh â€“ 9–0–1
No. 6 Villanova â€“ 8–0–1
No. 3 Fordham â€“ 7–0–1
No. 7 Dartmouth â€“ 7–0–2
No. T–14 Holy Cross â€“ 8–0–2
St. Thomas (PA) â€“ 6–1–1
No. 12 Yale â€“ 6–1–1
Army â€“ 7–2–0
Boston University â€“ 6–2–0
Cornell â€“ 5–2–1
Harvard â€“ 5–2–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–2–1
CCNY â€“ 5–2–0
No. 12 Manhattan â€“ 6–3–1
Penn State â€“ 5–3–0
Duquesne â€“ 6–4–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Temple â€“ 3–2–4
Boston College â€“ 4–4–1
Bucknell â€“ 3–3–2
Buffalo â€“ 4–4–0
Princeton â€“ 4–4–0
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Colgate â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–5–2
Hofstra â€“ 2–4–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 2–5–1
Penn â€“ 2–5–1
Providence â€“ 2–6–0
Vermont â€“ 2–6–0
La Salle â€“ 2–7–0
Massachusetts State â€“ 1–7–1
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Saint AnselmW 21–015,000[2]
October 2Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 7–0[3]
October 9Georgetown
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 27–6
October 16GeorgiaW 7–6[4]
October 23Western MarylandNo. T–20
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0
October 30TempleNo. T–18
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 0–0
November 6Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–7
November 13at BrownNo. 19W 7–0
November 20Carnegie TechNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
T 0–0
November 27vs. Boston CollegeNo. 17
W 20–035,000
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