1947 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1947 Holy Cross Crusaders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Penn State     9 0 1
Muhlenberg     9 1 0
Buffalo     8 1 0
No. 11 Army     5 2 2
Villanova     6 3 1
Boston University     5 3 0
Hofstra     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 1
Boston College     5 4 0
Holy Cross     4 4 2
Springfield     4 4 0
Syracuse     3 6 0
CCNY     2 5 1
NYU     2 5 1
Colgate     1 5 2
Temple     2 6 0
Bucknell     2 7 0
Duquesne     2 8 0
Fordham     1 6 1
Merchant Marine     2 9 0
Pittsburgh     1 8 0
Carnegie Tech     0 6 0
Drexel     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Ox DaGrosa, the team compiled a 4–4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 144 to 75.[1]

Holy Cross was ranked at No. 61 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

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

  1. ^ "1947 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.