Colgate at Holy Cross
Saturday, November 7, 1936 Share
Holy Cross beat Colgate 20–13. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–2.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 24°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1936, page 24 (results column)
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crushed Virginia, $50. Bucknell and Syracuse were beaten in the Middle West, the former by Detroit. 1877. and Syracuse by Indiana, 81, but Temple gained TT tie with Michigan State and Villanova beat South Carolina, 14–0. Georgetown remained in the unbeaten ranks by routing West Virginia in surprising fashion, $50. Other Eastern fixtures saw Dart mouth outpoint Columbia, 20–13; Holy Cross beat Colgate by the same count; Carnegie Tech stopped New York University. 1876; Pitt ran. over Penn State, 1877; Princeton trounced Cornell, 4l-l3. and Yale halted Brown, 14–6. In the Midwest, Minnesota came raging back from its defeat. by Northwestern to shellack Iowa, $40, before a crowd Of $4,000. Ohio State ran up 44–0 count on Chicago. Art Guepes 75-yard touchdown dash in the last quarter was all that saved Marquette’s perfeet record, the run and subsequent conversion adding up to a 7–6 victory over Creighton. Nebraska moved on In the big six title race, beating Kansas, $50, - OkAhoma and Kansas State

The Daily Alaska empire, November 9, 1936, page 5 (results column)
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EOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon, Washington IA Stanford IA, tie. Oregon State 16; Wa h n gton State G. Idaho T; St. Mary’s 26. California 13; Southern Califor- nia T. UCLA T; Oregon 0. Rice IA Arkansas 20. Nebraska 26; Kansas 0. Auburn 13; Georgia Tech 12. Texas A. M. Is; Southern Metho- dist 6. Western State 12; Brigh a m Young 26 Kentucky T; Manhattan 13. Purdue 0: Fordham 15. Boston University ‘; Rutgers 0. Virginia 0; Harvard 65. Wisconsin IS; Northwestern 26. Temple ‘; Michigan State 2, tie Columbia 13; Dartmouth 20. North Dakota 6; DePaul 19. Notre Dame 0; Navy 3. Cornell 13; Princeton fl. Carnegie Tech IA; New York Uni versity 6. Brown 6; Yale A. Chicago 0; Ohio State A Michigan ‘; Pennsylvania 27. Muhlenberg 2; Army 54. Iowa 0; Minnesota 52 Colgate 13; Holy Cross 20. Georgetown 28; West Virginia 0. Penn State ‘; Pittsburgh 34 Georgia 26; Florida 8. Syarcuse ‘; Indiana g. Marquette T; Creighton G.
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Holy Cross 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colgate–Holy Cross gameColgate leads 32–30–5 in 67 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.
| 2026 | Colgate 35, Holy Cross 10 | |
| 2025 | Colgate 29, Holy Cross 28 | |
| 2024 | Holy Cross 38, Colgate 7 | |
| 2023 | Holy Cross 47, Colgate 7 | |
| 2022 | Holy Cross 35, Colgate 10 | |
| 2021 | Holy Cross 42, Colgate 10 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat SyracuseNov. 21, 1936
- SeasonColgate in 1936
- ProgramColgate history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gameat BrownNov. 14, 1936
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1936
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records

