1906 Holy Cross football team

The 1906 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1906 college football season.

1906 Holy Cross football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3–1
Head coach	George W. King (1st season)
Captain	George S.L. Connor
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1905 1907 →

1906 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	1
Haverford			–					7	–	0	–	2
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	2
Lafayette			–					8	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	2	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	2	–	3
Carlisle			–					9	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					6	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	2
Vermont			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					5	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	4	–	1
Dickinson			–					3	–	4	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	2
Army			–					3	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					2	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Springfield Training School			–					1	–	5	–	3
NYU			–					0	–	4	–	0

In their only year under head coach George W. King, the Crusaders compiled a 4–3–1 record. George S.L. Connor returned for a second year as the team captain.^[1]

Holy Cross played its home games at the Fitton Field baseball stadium on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Massachusetts	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 6–4		[1]
October 6	at Dartmouth	Alumni Oval Hanover, NH	L 0–16		[2]
October 13	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–17	1,000	[3]
October 20	vs. Maine	Pine Tree Park Portland, ME	T 0–0	1,000	[4]
October 27	Worcester Tech	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 29–0		[5]
November 3	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 8–5		[6]
November 10	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–16		[7]
November 29	at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	W 15–6	6,000	[8]

References

1. "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Whirlwind Game at Hanover". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. October 7, 1906. sect. II, p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Yale's Form Holds". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 14, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Maine Robbed of the Game, Says a Portland Paper". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. October 22, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Holy Cross 29, W.P.I. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 28, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fordham Plays Well, but Loses to Holy Cross". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 4, 1906. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Holy Cross Team Gives Ithacans Stiff Battle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. November 11, 1906. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Fordham in Defeat". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 30, 1906. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.