In its first and only year under head coach Harry von Kersburg, the team compiled a 3–6 record.
[1] The season began with a tragedy, as Vernon S. Belyea, a junior halfback at Norwich University, was paralyzed while running back a Holy Cross punt at Fitton Field, and later died.
Belyea suffered a fractured sixth vertebra after being tackled by Holy Cross' captain, Metivier.
[2] Belyea was taken to Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, where he died the following day.
[3] Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.