Holy Cross at Harvard

Saturday, October 20, 1934

Holy Cross beat Harvard 26–⁠6. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayHoly Cross2–⁠2 in 1934
26
HomeHarvard3–⁠5 in 1934
6

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: D. c, ADJACENT ELEVENS SHINE

    The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 22, 1934, page 15

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    D. c, ADJACENT ELEVENS SHINE CONTINUED from 1st. Sport PaSe) will be difficult to convince on any score except that G. w. just about can defeat three or four OF foregoing named half dozen East ern gridiron leaders. Fordham s, Boston College 0; Western Maryland 40, Boston Col lege 0. Doesn’t sound possible, yet there It is. I saw Fordham win over B. C. I saw B. C. very nearly win over Fordham. At the concluSion of the B. C.-FNrdham game, I was convinced that no team could score 40 points on B. C. But Western Maryland did. thus bearing out this observers contention of the past IS years: Richard Dick” Harlow. Green Terror mentor. is tops” in this matter of coaching football teams. Also Command Notice Western Maryland, too. must deserve rating right up at the top with leaders of Eastern football. If not, why not? Georgetown is united and undefeated. The Hoyas should and undoubtedly will improve this week. The Hoyas can and should defeat N. Y. U. 1t is likely that Georgetown will be forced to offer an iron-man eleven this season, for capable reserve material is mighty scarce at the Hilltop. Georgetown teams of the past have played many hard schedule with a squad or IS or 16 capable players. Why not this one? Holy Cross II, Catholic University s; Holy Cross 26. Harvard 6. Those figures tell tale. too. c. U. is greatly moderated. If C. U. isn’t as good as Harvard, and teams in Harvard’s category, then Alfred Smith must be a Mohammedan. Means a Great Deal Maryland defeated V. P I. On the face of it, that doesn’t sound Such-a-much. Yet that Old Line win of Saturday means great deal to the observer who sees underneath. Maryland has a green team that partially found itself in the Navy game, that i’m proved in the V. P. l. game. Watch Maryland in November! Apropos Maryland: Navy is, Maryland 10; Navy 10, Column bia Z. Well, what does that make Maryland? Some one once said that we mustn’t go by comparative scores, but how can one escape mention ing such matters?

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: PSYCHOLOGY TO Be IMPORTANT FACTOR INHAWKEYE BATTLE Fortune May Be Brewing Some Ironic Fate for Maraudinq Minnesota Eleven DARTMOUTH Is WATCHED Harvard's Showing Against Holy Cross Considered In dicative Of Strength

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 25, 1934, page 1 (results column)

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    PSYCHOLOGY TO Be IMPORTANT FACTOR INHAWKEYE BATTLE Fortune May Be Brewing Some Ironic Fate for Maraudinq Minnesota Eleven DARTMOUTH Is WATCHED Harvard’s Showing Against Holy Cross Considered In dicative Of Strength New York, Oct. 25.-(R)-The Inc vitable reaction that follows crucial game victories may take heavy toll among championship football aspirants this week. In the face OF Minnesota’s stirring triumph over Pittsburgh last week, there will be few II any foolhardy enough to bet against the Gophers in their battle with Iowa on Saturday, even though old man psychology may unlimber his heavy guns on the Hawkeyes’ side. There is no reason to doubt that Minnesota was primed for Pitt, one Of the Gophers’ main detectives in the drive toward q possible undefeated season. It may take weeks before they hit such another relentless drive as marked the fourth-quarter squirt with which they tanned the Panthers. And, in the meantime, some one conceivably might deal death blow to Bernie Bierman,s aspirations for q Big Ten, as well Is q national cham pionship. Iowa Disappointing PICKLE Fortune might be brewing some such ironic fate for the Gophers, perhaps with Iowa as the party Of the second part. The Hawkeyes, as highly touted at the start Of the Big Ten season as any outfit but Mime sofa, have been disappointments. After the 20–⁠7 victory over North western apparently had proved Dick Crayne and Oze Simmons Is all but unstoppable backs, the Hawkeyes went into reverse, losing q 1913 decision to Nebraska and then ran into an amazing 3l-6 setback by Iowa State. Iowa State, incidentally, apparently has its best chance since 1919 Of beat ing Nebraska this week. Oklahoma s sooners had been expected, in the advance calculations, to be the major threat to Nebraska’s continued reign as Big Six champion. The cornhuskers hurled Oklahoma last week, 60, only to find Iowa State rising up ! new. and perhaps an even greater menace. Dartmouth Comeback Watched In the east, this is the week the boys will discover how far Earl Blaik has been able to bring Dartmouth back along the comeback trail. The big green has done everything asked Of It so far IN knocking over Norwich, Vermont. Maine and Virginia. xcoring 125 points against none for the combined opposition, but Saturdays game with Harvard Is awaited to fur nish q definite line on Dartmouth’s strength. Harvard. despite the 26–⁠6 score, put up surprisingly fine showing against Holy Cross, rated one OF the east S best last week. The Crimson was in the game right up to the final quarter when Jim Hobin’s passing had Eddie Casey’s men all In 4 flutter.

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story: FOOTBALL Aa SCORES q8, EAST. EAST. Virginia 0; Dartmouth 27. St Mary's 14; Fordham g. Tr.l.s Cnncn OF. IIn rxro r.d k

    The Waterbury Democrat, October 22, 1934, page 17 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL Aa SCORES q8, EAST. EAST. Virginia 0; Dartmouth 27. St Mary’s 14; Fordham g. Tr.l.s Cnncn OF. IIn rxro r.d k EASIs Virginia 0; Dartmouth 27. St Marys IA; Fordham g. Holy Cross .26; Harvard 6. Navy IS; Columbia 2. Penn State 31; Lehigh 0. Michigan State 39; Manhattan 0. Lafayette z; New York U. 12. Rutgers 19; Pennsylvania 27. Minnesota 13; Pittsburg. z. Washington and Lee 12; Prince ton IA. Ohio Wesleyan 10; Syracuse s2. Sewanee O.; Army 20. Detroit o; vilianova 0 (tie). Brown O.; Yale 37. Rochester z, Amherst 35. Boston U. 8; Bates 6. Williams 20; Bowdoin O. Trinity IA; Coast Guard Acad. 6. Northeastern 13; Colby 6. Rio Grande 67; Concord Tcrs 9. Hampden-Sydney 0; Delaware U. 0 (tie). AlIegany 0; Dickinson 21. West Liberty 13; New River o. Lebanon Valley z; Drexel 8. William & Mary o; Georgetown U. 5. Mt St Mary o; Gettysburg 2. Bethany o; Grove City. 30. St Lawrence 39; Hobart 6. Hartwick o; Ithaca 45. American U. 6; Langley Field 13. City of N. Y. 20; Lowell Textile 6. Rhode Island q; Mass. State o. Monclair Teachers IA; Millerville Teachers 6. Brooklyn College 6: Moravian 25. Maine z; New Hampshire “A. Worcester 6; Norwich o. Juniata O.; Penn Mil. 26. Buffalo U IA; Alfred 0. Springfield IA; Providence 13. Clarkson 2S; Renesselaer O. Middlebury 13; St Anselm’s 19. Swarthmore o; St Johns (Md) 12. Lasalle z; St Joseph’s (PhiD o. Bucknell 12; St Thomas (Scrant- ton) 6. Canislus T; Vincent 19. Glenville O; Slippery Rock 20. Conn. State 0; Tufts 14. Vermont O; Union 0. F. & M. o; Ursinus 6. Haverford z; Wesleyan 21. Boston College 0; Western Nary land 40. Thiel 6; Westminster 2. Washington College 1S; John Hop. kins 0. Cortland Normal 0; St Lawrence Frosh 32. Mercersburg o: Princeton Frosh 20 Mansfield o; Bloomburg 14. worcester Academy 6; Harvard Frosh 19. Edinboro O; Indiana (Pa) Tchrs 33. Susquehana ?; Hamilton o.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: BALL As1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 22, 1934, page 5 (results column)

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    BALL As1REsULTs The following ares final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon. Minnesota 13; Pittsburgh ‘. Georgia Tech 2; Michigan g. Brown 0; Yale 37. Sewanee O; Army 20. Washington and Lee 12; Prince ton IA. Holy Cross 26; Harvard 6. Detroit -Villanova, scoreless tie. Rutgers 19; Pennsylvania 27.. Colgate T; Ohio State 10. Carnegie Tech 0; Notre Dame 13. Navy Is; Columbia 2. St. Mary’s IA; Fordham 9. Wisconsin 0; Purdue IA. Iowa 6; Iowa State 31. Nebraska g. Oklahoma 6. Oregon State 6; University of Southern California 6, tie. University of California at Los Angeles 0; California 3 .. University of San Francisco O.; Stanford 3. Oregon 13; Idaho 6. Gonzaga 33; College of Puget Sound o.

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)

Harvard 62% to win. Holy Cross won as Elo’s underdog.

Harvard leads 40–⁠16–⁠1 in 57 meetings, counting the 38 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

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