1905 Holy Cross football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1905
| team = Holy Cross
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 6–3
| head_coach = Frank Cavanaugh
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = George S.L. Connor
| stadium = Fitton Field
}}
{{1905 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1905 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent in the 1905 college football season.
In their third year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the team compiled a 2–5–2 record. George S.L. Connor was the team captain.{{cite web|title=2019 Holy Cross Football Fact Book|publisher=College of the Holy Cross|accessdate=June 15, 2020|page=117|url=https://goholycross.com/documents/2019/7/19/19-hc-fb-fb.pdf |location=Worcester, Mass.}}
According to college records, Holy Cross played all of its home games at the newly renamed Fitton Field baseball stadium on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts. Contemporary reports suggest that one of the home games, the crosstown rivalry game with WPI, was played at the team's former home stadium off campus, the Worcester Oval.
Schedule
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| September 23 | | Massachusetts
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 17 0
| | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross and Amherst Aggies Below Form |date=September 24, 1905 |page=11 |newspaper=The Sun |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72854350/1905-umass-hc/ }}
| October 7 | @ | Dartmouth
| Alumni Oval | Hanover, NH | L 0 16
| | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth 16, Holy Cross 6 |date=October 9, 1905 |page=7 |newspaper=The Bangor Daily News |location=Bangor, Maine|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72854550/1905-dartmouth-hc/ }}
| October 14 | @ | Yale
| Yale Field | New Haven, CT | L 0 17
| 2,000 | {{cite news |title=Yale Beats Holy Cross |date=October 15, 1905 |page=8 |newspaper=New-York Tribune |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72854781/1905-yale-hc/ }}
| October 21 | | {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Worcester Tech|title=Worcester Tech}}
| Worcester Oval | Worcester, MA | W 12 6
| | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross 12, W.P.I. 6 |date=October 22, 1905 |page=2 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72855011/1905-worcester-hc/ }}
| October 28 | @ | Springfield Training School
| | Springfield, MA | W 32 0
| | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross, 32 to 0 |date=October 29, 1905 |page=4 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72855181/1905-springfield-hc/ }}
| November 4 | | {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Amherst|title=Amherst}}
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 9 0
| 600 | {{cite news |title=Amherst's Captain Rough |date=November 5, 1905 |page=19 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72855414/1905-amherst-hc/ }}
| November 11 | @ | Syracuse
| The Oval | Syracuse, NY | L 4 15
| | {{cite news |title=Syracuse Won a Lively Game |date=November 12, 1905 |page=9 |newspaper=The Buffalo Sunday News |location=Buffalo, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72855661/1905-syracuse-hc/ }}
| November 18 | | {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | W 34 0
| 800 | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross 12, Tufts 2 |date=November 19, 1905 |page=2 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72855804/tufts-hc/ }}
| November 30 | @ | Fordham
| Fordham Field | Bronx, NY | W 27 5
| 1,000 | {{cite news |title=Fordham Meets Defeat |date=December 1, 1905 |page=10 |newspaper=New-York Tribune |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53938556/fordham-meets-defeat/ }}
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