1951 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

The 1951 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its eighth year under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled an 8–2 record.^[1] The team was ranked at No. 21 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

1951 Holy Cross Crusaders football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 19
Record	8–2
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (8th season)
Home stadium	Fitton Field
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 33–6	24,000	[3]
October 6	Fordham	Fitton Field Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 54–20	23,000	[4]
October 13	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 14–20	30,000	[5]
October 20	NYU	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 53–6	8,000	[6]
October 27	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 41–6	10,000	[7]
November 3	Colgate	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–6	5,000	[8]
November 10	Marquette	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 39–13	18,000	[9]
November 18	Quantico Marines	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 39–14	18,000	[10]
November 24	Temple	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 41–7	7,500	[11]
December 1	vs. Boston College	Braves Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 14–19	40,000	[12]
Homecoming