Georgia at Holy Cross

Saturday, October 16, 1937

Holy Cross beat Georgia 7–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayGeorgia6–⁠3–⁠2 in 1937
6
HomeHoly Cross8–⁠0–⁠2 in 1937
7

FinalHigh 52°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 17, 1937, page 30 (results column)

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    the 1e-yard line In the third period. Although they escaped defeat, such gridiron powers as Pitt, Fordham, Navy, Harvard, Nebraska and Texas A. and M. ran into ties for the first time. Pitt and Fordham hauled and tugeed at one another in grueling fashion. but when 1t was all over they had played their third scoreless draw in as many years. Navy and Harvard matched run ming attack against passing attack without either scoring. Nebraska, early season conqueror of Minnesofa. was the victim of another scoreless stalemate with Okla homa. Texas A. and NJ, hailed as probable Southwest champion, had to pull . touchdown out of the air in the last few minutes to get TT draw with Texas Christian. Holy Cross and Dartmouth kept pace with Yale and Syracuse in the East. Holy Cross edged out q 7–⁠6 victory over Georgia whose Bull dogs finally pushed over a touch down in the last four minutes of play but blew” the try for point. Dartmouth outclassed Brown, 4l-0. Making up for the Georgia defeat, Tulane nosed out Colgate at Buffalo, also by = 7–⁠6 score. Sid Luckman’s passing and running carried Columbia to an easy 26–⁠6 victory over Penn. while John Wysoclei scored three touchdowns ~ V1llanova unset Manhattan b .

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Holy Cross leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1939Holy Cross 13, Georgia 0
1938Holy Cross 29, Georgia 6
1937Holy Cross 7, Georgia 6

Around this game

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