1904 Holy Cross football team

The 1904 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1904 college football season.

1904 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–2
Head coach
CaptainTimothy F. Larkin
Home stadiumHoly Cross Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1200
Western U. of Penn.  1000
Dartmouth  701
Yale  1010
Amherst  910
Colgate  811
Carlisle  1020
Lafayette  820
Princeton  820
Army  720
Fordham  411
Harvard  721
Dickinson  831
Columbia  730
Cornell  730
Villanova  421
Syracuse  630
Swarthmore  630
Washington & Jefferson  531
Penn State  640
Temple  320
Brown  650
Bucknell  330
Springfield Training School  441
NYU  360
Holy Cross  252
Wesleyan  370
Geneva  142
Vermont  152
New Hampshire  250
Rutgers  162
Tufts  291
Lehigh  180
Frankin & Marshall  0100

In their second year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the team compiled a 2–5–2 record. Timothy F. Larkin was the team captain.[1]

According to college records, Holy Cross played all of its home games at Holy Cross Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1] Contemporary reports suggest that one of the home games, a heavily hyped October 22 date with Dartmouth, may have been played at the team's former home stadium off campus, the Worcester Oval.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 MassachusettsT 0–0 [3]
October 1 at BatesT 0–0 [4]
October 5 at YaleL 0–23 [5]
October 15 Tufts
  • Holy Cross Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 34–0 [6]
October 22 Dartmouth
L 4–18 2,500 [2]
October 29 vs. GeorgetownL 4–17 5,000 [7]
November 5 at AmherstL 6–40 2,500 [8]
November 12 at HarvardL 4–28 7,000 [9]
November 24 Springfield Training School
  • Holy Cross Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–9 [10]

References