1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its second year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.^[1]

1940 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5–1
Head coach	Joe Sheeketski (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College			–					11	–	0	–	0
Duquesne			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Penn			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	2	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	2	–	3
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					3	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Manhattan			–					3	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Army			–					1	–	7	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	5	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Holy Cross was ranked at No. 75 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Providence	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–6	15,000	[3]
October 5	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–25		[4]
October 12	at Carnegie Tech	Pittsburgh, PA	W 18–0	18,000	[5]
October 19	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 13–7	12,000	[6]
October 26	at Brown	Providence, RI	L 6–9	< 4,000	[7]
November 2	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–6	4,000	[8]
November 9	Ole Miss	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–34	16,000	[9]
November 16	Temple	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 6–6	5,000	[10]
November 23	Manhattan	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 33–25	10,000	[11]
November 30	vs. Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 0–7	38,000	[12]

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Holy Cross wins easily over Friars". The Hartford Courant. September 29, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tigers, Led by Dodson, Trounce Holy Cross Team". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1940. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Eddie Beachler (October 13, 1940). "Carnegie Tech Bows To Holy Cross, 18-0: Defeat Is Plaid's Fifth in Worcester". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. 9, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Crusaders top Violets, 13–7". Daily News. October 20, 1940. p. 93. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Brown Nips HC, 9-6, in 4th Period". New York Daily News. October 27, 1940. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Colgate Defeats Holy Cross, 6-0". New York Daily News. November 3, 1940. p. 37C – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Rebels Crush Crusaders 34-7: H-Boys Thrill Yanks With Scoring Finesse". Daily Clarion-Ledger. November 10, 1940. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Stan Baumgartner (November 17, 1940). "Temple Ties Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S4 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "HC Wins, 33-25; Halting Jaspers' Late Surge". New York Daily News. November 24, 1940. p. C40 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Boston College Gets Four Lucky Breaks To Conquer Courageous Crusaders, 7-0". The Hartford Courant. December 1, 1940. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.