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Holy Cross at Harvard

Saturday, October 15, 1927

Harvard beat Holy Cross 14–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 10–⁠2.

AwayHoly Cross0–⁠2 in 1927
6
HomeHarvard4–⁠4 in 1927
14

FinalHigh 61°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: HARVARD DEFEATS HOLY CROSS

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 16, 1927, page 1

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    HARVARD DEFEATS HOLY CROSS CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 15.-tP Harvard ~out-fought Holy Cross on their stadium here today to win their annual football clash IL to 6 before a crowd Of more than 10000. The Crimson turned to q flash ing aerial attack that Melted touch downs in the first half by Crosby and Fordyce. The Crusaders scored in the second quarter when Clancy carried the ball over after q long forward pass. Ky

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Holy Cross 54% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Holy Cross–Harvard game

Harvard leads 40–⁠16–⁠1 in 57 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Harvard 30, Holy Cross 7
2025Harvard 59, Holy Cross 24
2024Harvard 35, Holy Cross 34
2023Harvard 38, Holy Cross 28
2022Holy Cross 30, Harvard 21
2021Harvard 38, Holy Cross 13

Around this game

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