[1] Holy Cross competed as an independent despite having joined the Yankee Conference in 1971.
Having made the decision to admit women to what had formerly been an all-male college, administrators worried that soon there would not be enough men on campus to stay competitive in the full range of Yankee Conference sports.
On November 14, with the football season still in progress, they made the announcement that Holy Cross would withdraw from the Yankee Conference, effective immediately.
[4] As in 1971, Holy Cross played two longstanding Yankee Conference opponents in 1972, beating Massachusetts days before the withdrawal announcement, and Connecticut a couple weeks after.
All home games were played at Fitton Field on the Holy Cross campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.