1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

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1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Orange Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 0 – 1
No. 20 Columbia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 3 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston University   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the

AP Poll.[1] Holy Cross was invited to the Orange Bowl, played on New Year's Day, where they lost to the University of Miami
, 6–13. This was the first and only bowl game in Holy Cross's history.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Dartmouth
W 13–68,000[2]
October 6at Yale
W 21–025,000[3]
October 14VillanovaNo. 12
W 26–726,000[4]
October 20at
Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
    		• W 25–025,000[5]
    October 27ColgateNo. 15
    • Fitton Field
    • Worcester, MA
    		W 21–025,000[6]
    November 4New London Sub BaseNo. 11
    • Fitton Field
    • Worcester, MA
    		W 20–610,000[7]
    November 11Coast GuardNo. 13
    • Fitton Field
    • Worcester, MA
    		W 39–66,000[8]
    November 17TempleNo. 10
    • Fitton Field
    • Worcester, MA
    		L 6–1425,000[9]
    November 25vs. Boston College
    		W 46–032,457[10]
    January 1at Miami (FL)No. 16
    		L 6–1338,000[11]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    [12]

    Rankings

    See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
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    References

    1. ^ "1945 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
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    12. ^ "1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.


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