1905 Holy Cross football team

The 1905 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1905 college football season.

1905 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Frank Cavanaugh (3rd season)
Captain	George S.L. Connor
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1904 1906 →

1905 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					6	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	7	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	7	–	0

In their third year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the team compiled a 2–5–2 record. George S.L. Connor was the team captain.^[1]

According to college records, Holy Cross played all of its home games at the newly renamed Fitton Field baseball stadium on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[1] Contemporary reports suggest that one of the home games, the crosstown rivalry game with WPI, was played at the team's former home stadium off campus, the Worcester Oval.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Massachusetts	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 17–0		[3]
October 7	at Dartmouth	Alumni Oval Hanover, NH	L 0–16		[4]
October 14	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–17	2,000	[5]
October 21	Worcester Tech	Worcester Oval Worcester, MA	W 12–6		[2]
October 28	at Springfield Training School	Springfield, MA	W 32–0		[6]
November 4	Amherst	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 9–0	600	[7]
November 11	at Syracuse	The Oval Syracuse, NY	L 4–15		[8]
November 18	Tufts	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–0	800	[9]
November 30	at Fordham	Fordham Field Bronx, NY	W 27–5	1,000	[10]

References

1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Holy Cross 12, W.P.I. 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 22, 1905. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Holy Cross and Amherst Aggies Below Form". The Sun. New York, N.Y. September 24, 1905. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Dartmouth 16, Holy Cross 6". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 9, 1905. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Yale Beats Holy Cross". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Holy Cross, 32 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 29, 1905. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Amherst's Captain Rough". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1905. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Syracuse Won a Lively Game". The Buffalo Sunday News. Buffalo, N.Y. November 12, 1905. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Holy Cross 12, Tufts 2". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 19, 1905. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Fordham Meets Defeat". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. December 1, 1905. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.