Manhattan at Holy Cross
Saturday, October 8, 1938 Share
Holy Cross beat Manhattan 19–6. It was their second meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 29°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Manhattan–Holy Cross gameHoly Cross leads 5–0–1 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1942 | Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0 | |
| 1941 | Manhattan 13, Holy Cross 13 | |
| 1940 | Holy Cross 33, Manhattan 25 | |
| 1939 | Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0 | |
| 1938 | Holy Cross 19, Manhattan 6 | |
| 1936 | Holy Cross 13, Manhattan 7 |
Around this game
Manhattan
- Next gameat ProvidenceOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonManhattan in 1938
- ProgramManhattan history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gameat Carnegie MellonOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1938
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
