1908 Holy Cross football team

The 1908 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1908 college football season.

1908 Holy Cross football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainDaniel J. Triggs
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
 1907
1909 
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1101
Harvard  901
Cornell  711
Fordham  510
Yale  711
Dartmouth  611
Carlisle  1021
Washington & Jefferson  1021
Army  612
Pittsburgh  830
Lafayette  622
Princeton  523
Syracuse  631
Brown  531
Temple  321
Colgate  430
Lehigh  430
Dickinson  540
Amherst  332
Holy Cross  440
Penn State  550
Vermont  333
Wesleyan  342
Springfield Training School  341
NYU  232
Franklin & Marshall  461
Bucknell  352
Rutgers  351
Boston College  242
Carnegie Tech  370
Geneva  162
Tufts  161
Villanova  160
New Hampshire  170
Drexel  070

In their second year under head coach Timothy F. Larkin, the team compiled a 4–4 record. Daniel J. Triggs was the team captain.[1]

After three years of sharing its home field with the college's baseball team, Holy Cross' football team moved its home games to a new stadium, also called Fitton Field, beyond the baseball team's right-field fence.

Mayor James Logan was present to blow the first whistle at the September 25 debut of the new football stadium on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Norwich W 5–0 600 [2]
October 3 at Vermont L 0–5 1,500 [3]
October 10 at Yale L 0–18 7,000 [4]
October 17 at Bowdoin Portland, ME W 12–5 [5]
October 24 Dartmouth
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
L 5–18 5,000 [6]
October 31 at Trinity (CT) L 0–28 [7]
November 7 Tufts
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0 [8]
November 14 Worcester Tech
  • Fitton Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 16–0 [1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Norwich Held Well After First Rushes". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, Vt. September 28, 1908. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Vermont 5, Holy Cross 0". Burlington Daily News. Burlington, Vt. October 5, 1908. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Yale 18, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 11, 1908. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Holy Cross 12, Bowdoin 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 18, 1908. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dartmouth Scored Upon". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 25, 1908. p. S1 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Joy at Trinity". The Hartford Daily Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 2, 1908. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Holy Cross 6, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 8, 1908. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.