1948 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1948 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its first year under head coach Bill Osmanski, the team compiled a 5–5 record.[1] The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1948 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
1948 record	5–5
Head coach	Bill Osmanski (1st season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

1948 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Army			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	1
Villanova			–					8	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					0	–	6	–	2
Syracuse			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	Georgetown		W 18–7
October 2	Syracuse		W 33–7
October 9	at Dartmouth		L 6–19
October 16	Brown		L 6–14
October 23	Colgate		L 13–14
October 30	at Harvard		L 13–20
November 6	at Duquesne		W 16–13
November 13	Fordham		W 13–6
November 20	at Temple		W 13–7
November 27	vs. Boston College		L 20–21
Homecoming

References

1. "2014 Holy Cross Football Fact Book" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. p. 122. Retrieved June 1, 2020.