The 1961 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. Eddie Anderson returned for the 12th consecutive year as head coach, his 18th year overall. The team compiled a record of 7–3. All home games were played at

Fitton Field Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were ...

on the Holy Cross campus in

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Schedule

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders for the 1961 Crusaders included: * Rushing: Pat McCarthy, 512 yards and 8 touchdowns on 128 attempts * Passing: Pat McCarthy, 1,081 yards, 76 completions and 11 touchdowns on 165 attempts * Receiving: Al Snyder, 558 yards and 5 touchdowns on 38 receptions * Scoring: Pat McCarthy, 54 points from 8 touchdowns and 3 two-point conversions * Total offense: Pat McCarthy, 1,593 yards (1,081 passing, 512 rushing) * All-purpose yards: Al Snyder, 1,112 yards (558 receiving, 370 returning, 184 rushing)

References

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Holy Cross Crusaders football The Holy Cross Crusaders football team is the collegiate American football program of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Patriot League, an NCAA Division I conference that participates in the F ...