1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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The 1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its first year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled a 7–2 record.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Headcoach
HomestadiumFitton Field
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1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell â€“ 8–0–0
No. 10 Duquesne â€“ 8–0–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–0–1
Scranton â€“ 7–0–2
Princeton â€“ 7–1–0
La Salle â€“ 6–1–1
Penn State â€“ 5–1–2
No. 11 Boston College â€“ 9–2–0
No. 17 Fordham â€“ 6–2–0
Villanova â€“ 6–2–0
Boston University â€“ 5–3–0
Brown â€“ 5–3–1
Dartmouth â€“ 5–3–1
Hofstra â€“ 4–3–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 5–4–0
Harvard â€“ 4–4–0
Manhattan â€“ 4–4–0
Penn â€“ 4–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 3–3–2
Vermont â€“ 3–3–2
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Yale â€“ 3–4–1
Army â€“ 3–4–2
Bucknell â€“ 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 3–5–0
Providence â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–4–2
Massachusetts State â€“ 2–5–2
Colgate â€“ 2–5–1
Temple â€“ 2–7–0
CCNY â€“ 1–7–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Holy Cross was ranked at No. 11 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2] It was ranked at No. 42 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings.[3]

The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Manhattan
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–020,000[4][5]
October 7LSU
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 7–2625,000[6]
October 14at GeorgiaW 13–015,000[7]
October 212:00 p.m.BrownW 20–018,000[8][9]
October 28Colgate
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 27–715,000[10]
November 4Providence
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 46–010,000[11]
November 11Temple
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–015,000[12]
November 18Carnegie Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 21–030,000[13]
December 2vs. Boston CollegeL 0–1440,000[14]
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