1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Orange Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 16
1945 record	8–2
Head coach	John DaGrosa (1st season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field

The 1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1945 college football season. The Crusaders were led by first-year head coach John "Ox" DaGrosa and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. They finished the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 16th in the AP Poll.^[1] Holy Cross was invited to the Orange Bowl, played on New Years Day, where they lost to Miami (FL), 6–13. This was the first and only bowl game in Holy Cross's history.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 29	at Dartmouth		Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	W 13–6
October 6	at Yale		Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 21–0
October 13	Villanova	No. 12	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	W 26–7
October 20	at Brown	No. 19	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 25–0
October 27	Colgate	No. 15	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	W 21–0
November 4	New London Submarine Base	No. 11	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	W 20–6
November 11	Coast Guard	No. 13	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	W 39–6
November 17	Temple	No. 10	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	L 6–14
November 25	vs. Boston College		Fenway Park • Boston, MA (Rivalry)	W 46–0
January 1	at Miami (FL)	No. 16	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 6–13
^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:^[2]

References

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

Holy Cross Crusaders football
Venues	Worcester Oval (1896–1907) Fitton Field (1908–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1946 Orange Bowl Boston College Ram–Crusader Cup (Fordham)
Culture & lore	The Crusader "Chu! Chu! Rah! Rah!" Holy Cross Goodtime Marching Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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