1906 Holy Cross football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1906

| team = Holy Cross

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 4–3–1

| conf_record =

| head_coach = George W. King

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = George S.L. Connor

| stadium = Fitton Field

}}

The 1906 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1906 college football season.

In their only year under head coach George W. King, the Crusaders compiled a 4–3–1 record. George S.L. Connor returned for a second year as 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.}}

Holy Cross played its home games at the Fitton Field baseball stadium on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| w/l = w

| opponent = Massachusetts

| site_stadium = Fitton Field

| site_cityst = Worcester, MA

| score = 6–4

| source =

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Dartmouth

| site_stadium = Alumni Oval

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| score = 0–16

| source = {{cite news |title=Whirlwind Game at Hanover |date=October 7, 1906 |at=sect. II, p. 2 |newspaper=The Chicago Sunday Tribune |location=Chicago, Ill.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73576183/1906-dartmouth-hc/ }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = Yale Field

| site_cityst = New Haven, CT

| score = 0–17

| attend = 1,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Yale's Form Holds |date=October 14, 1906 |page=11 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73576403/1906-yale-hc/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = t

| neutral = y

| opponent = Maine

| site_stadium = Pine Tree Park

| site_cityst = Portland, ME

| score = 0–0

| attend = 1,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Maine Robbed of the Game, Says a Portland Paper |date=October 22, 1906 |page=11 |newspaper=The Bangor Daily News |location=Bangor, Maine|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73576820/1906-maine-hc/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1906|team=Worcester Tech|title=Worcester Tech}}

| site_stadium = Fitton Field

| site_cityst = Worcester, MA

| score = 29–0

| source = {{cite news |title=Holy Cross 29, W.P.I. 0 |date=October 28, 1906 |page=10 |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73577113/1906-worcester-hc/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = w

| opponent = Fordham

| site_stadium = Fitton Field

| site_cityst = Worcester, MA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 8–5

| source = {{cite news |title=Fordham Plays Well, but Loses to Holy Cross |date=November 4, 1906 |page=11 |newspaper=The Sun |location=New York, N.Y. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73577515/1906-fordham-hc/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Cornell

| site_stadium = Percy Field

| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY

| score = 6–16

| source = {{cite news |title=Holy Cross Team Gives Ithacans Stiff Battle |date=November 11, 1906 |page=22 |newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |location=Rochester, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73578243/1906-cornell-hc/ }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 29

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Fordham

| site_stadium = Polo Grounds

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 15–6

| attend = 6,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Fordham in Defeat |date=November 30, 1906 |page=4 |newspaper=New-York Tribune |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53936081/fordham-in-defeat/ }}

}}

References

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