Manhattan at Holy Cross

Saturday, October 8, 1938

Holy Cross beat Manhattan 19–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayManhattan5–⁠4 in 1938
6
HomeHoly Cross8–⁠1 in 1938
19

FinalHigh 65°F, low 29°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL M {A{5SW{5TS Ne

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 10, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL M {A{5SW{5TS Ne The following are scores of prln- cipal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington o; U.CL.A. 13. Texas A and M O. Santa Clara T. North Dakota State 0; Idaho 27. Washington State 0; Stanford S. Portland O.; Oregon State 19. College of the Pacific 0; Califor- mia 39. Centenary 6; Southwestern of Memphis o. Duquesne c; Pittsburgh 27. Tulane IT; North Carolina IA. LaFayette 0; Brown 20. Duke ?; Colgate 0. Waynesburg O; Fordham 5. Dartsmouth g; Princeton 0. New York 26; Rutgers 6. Manhattan 6; Holy Cross 19. Columbia 20; Army Is. Yale 0; Pennsylvania 21. Virginia O. Navy S. Chicago ‘; Michigan 45. Washington and Lee 6; West Vir- ginia 6, tie. Lehigh O., Case 0, tie. Carnegie Tech 32; Wittenberg 13. Vanderbilt IA; Kentucky T. Bucknell IA; Penn State O. Virginia Tech 27; William and Mary 0. Cornell 20; Harvard 0. Holy Cross 19; Manhattan 6. Drake O.; Northwestern B. Purdue 0; Minnesota ‘. Auburn 0: Tennessee T. Alabama IA; North Carolina State 0. Missouri 13 Kansas State 21. Southern California IA: Ohio State ‘. California Aggies 0; California 43. Indiana 2; Illinois 12. Wisconsin 31; Iowa 13 Baylor g; Arkansas 6. Iowa State 8; Nebraska ‘. Oklahoma 13 Texas 0. Notre Dame IA; Georgia Tech 6.

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Holy Cross leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0
1941Manhattan 13, Holy Cross 13
1940Holy Cross 33, Manhattan 25
1939Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0
1938Holy Cross 19, Manhattan 6
1936Holy Cross 13, Manhattan 7

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