1903_Holy_Cross_football_team

1903 Holy Cross football team

1903 Holy Cross football team

American college football season

The 1903 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1903 college football season. In its first season under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the team compiled an 8–2 record. Tom Stankard was the team captain.[1]

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After years of playing home games at off-campus stadiums in Worcester, Massachusetts, Holy Cross opened its own football field in time for the start of the 1903 season. The new stadium, called simply Holy Cross Field by the press, was later named Fitton Field, and today serves as the college's baseball stadium.[2]

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    "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 117. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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    "2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross. p. 102. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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    "Holy Cross Scored but Once". The Berkshire Evening Eagle. Pittsfield, Mass. September 28, 1903. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Dartmouth, 18; Holy Cross, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 4, 1903. sect. 4, p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Holy Cross, 11; Wesleyan, 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 11, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Holy Cross Surprises Yale". Journal and Courier. New Haven, Conn. October 15, 1903. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Holy Cross 6, Tufts 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 25, 1903. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Holy Cross 36, Amherst 0". The Sunday Post. Boston, Mass. November 1, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Easy for Holy Cross". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. November 8, 1903. sect. 4, p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Battle of the Giants on Maplewood Field". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. November 16, 1903. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "From the Side Lines" on same page.
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    "Another Holy Cross Triumph". The Sunday Post. Boston, Mass. November 22, 1903. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Holy Cross Scores 32 Against Tufts 0". The Boston Post. Boston, Mass. November 27, 1903. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.


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