1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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The 1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1938 college football season. The Crusaders were led by sixth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross's sole loss on the year came on a road trip to Carnegie Tech, where a missed extra point by the Crusaders prevented the tie.[1] They finished ninth in the final AP poll, the best finish in the Crusaders' history.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 9
Record8–1
Headcoach
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1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech â€“ 6–0–0
No. 18 Villanova â€“ 8–0–1
No. 9 Holy Cross â€“ 8–1–0
Boston College â€“ 6–1–2
No. 15 Fordham â€“ 6–1–2
No. 12 Cornell â€“ 5–1–1
Army â€“ 8–2–0
No. 8 Pittsburgh â€“ 8–2–0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech â€“ 7–2–0
No. 20 Dartmouth â€“ 7–2–0
Vermont â€“ 4–2–1
Brown â€“ 5–3–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–3–0
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–0
CCNY â€“ 4–3–0
Penn â€“ 3–2–3
Manhattan â€“ 5–4–0
Harvard â€“ 4–4–0
La Salle â€“ 4–4–0
NYU â€“ 4–4–0
Boston University â€“ 3–4–1
Penn State â€“ 3–4–1
Princeton â€“ 3–4–1
Hofstra â€“ 2–3–1
Duquesne â€“ 4–6–0
Temple â€“ 3–6–1
Providence â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 3–6–0
Massachusetts State â€“ 3–6–0
Colgate â€“ 2–5–0
Buffalo â€“ 2–6–0
Yale â€“ 2–6–0
Tufts â€“ 1–6–1
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24ProvidenceW 28–012,000[3]
October 1Rhode Island
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 46–13
October 8Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 19–6
October 15at Carnegie TechL 6–7
October 222:00 p.m.GeorgiaNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 29–624,000–25,000[4][5][6][7]
October 29ColgateNo. 14
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–0
November 5TempleNo. 13
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 33–0
November 12BrownNo. 11
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–12
November 26vs. Boston CollegeNo. 11W 29–736,000
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