Georgia at Holy Cross
Saturday, October 16, 1937 Share
Holy Cross beat Georgia 7–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 30°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Georgia–Holy Cross gameHoly Cross leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1939 | Holy Cross 13, Georgia 0 | |
| 1938 | Holy Cross 29, Georgia 6 | |
| 1937 | Holy Cross 7, Georgia 6 |
Around this game
Georgia
- Next gamevs. MercerOct. 23, 1937
- SeasonGeorgia in 1937
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. McDanielOct. 23, 1937
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1937
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records

