1918 Holy Cross football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1918 Holy Cross football Independent 2–0 Bart Sullivan 1st None Fitton Field The 1918 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1918 college football season. In its first and only year under head coach Bart Sullivan, the team compiled a 2–0 record. No team captain was named.2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book College of the Holy Cross June 15, 2020 118 https://goholycross.com/documents/2019/7/19/19-hc-fb-fb.pdf Worcester, Mass. Amid the second-wave Spanish flu outbreak in late summer 1918, Holy Cross started the fall season with no scheduled intercollegiate football games for the first time in more than two decades. Like many New England colleges, Holy Cross did not even organize a football team until mid-October.Strong Football Teams in Sight October 14, 1918 7 The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74232051/1918-football-starts Holy Cross played only two games in 1918, with a schedule set by the United Way War Work Fund, and proceeds benefitting the World War I effort.Big Sports Program for War Fund Drive November 12, 1918 4 The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74232475/1918-war-fund Holy Cross played both of its games at home, at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts. Schedule yes November 16 1918 WPI Engineers Worcester Polytechnic Fitton Field Worcester, MA W 27 7 Holy Cross Prove Best Scrappers November 17, 1918 15 The Sunday Post Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74232210/1918-worcester-hc November 23 1918 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Fitton Field Worcester, MA W 21 7 Tufts' Fumbles Aid Purple to Victory November 24, 1918 15 The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74232262/1918-tufts-hc References Holy Cross Category:Holy Cross Crusaders football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Holy Cross football