Colgate at Holy Cross

Saturday, October 29, 1938

No. 14 Holy Cross beat Colgate 21–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 4–⁠2.

AwayColgate2–⁠5 in 1938
0
Home14Holy Cross8–⁠1 in 1938
21

FinalHigh 60°F, low 49°F, 0.08 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Gophers Fall Biggest Upset Of Banner Day on Gric All Other Running

    Evening star, October 30, 1938, page 34 (results column)

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    Gophers Fall Biggest Upset Of Banner Day on Gric All Other Running to the losses suffered by Army and George Washington, New York Uni versity was crushed, $40. by Ohio State. now tied with Northwestern for the Big Ten lead, and Catholic dropped 1910 decision to st. Louis. Boston College, however, buried Florida, $50. Penn State pulled the prize East ern upset in 33–⁠6 rout Of Syracuse, but otherwise play followed form. Torbie Macdonald scored touchdowns In Harvard’s 26–⁠7 rout Of Princeton; Cornell packed too much strength for Columbia and won, 23–⁠7: Holy Cross feet backs ran up q 21–⁠0 count on Colgate: Penn and Navy fought to . score less draw before 10000. Michigan and Wisconsin scored Big Ten victories, but Purdue was held to . surprising scoreless dead lock BY Iowa. Michigan pushed over Illinois, 14–⁠0, and Wisconsin edged out Indiana, so. Kansas shocked the Big Blk Con. fsesnee With . 17–⁠7 victory. ovsr

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colgate leads 32–⁠30–⁠5 in 67 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Colgate 35, Holy Cross 10
2025Colgate 29, Holy Cross 28
2024Holy Cross 38, Colgate 7
2023Holy Cross 47, Colgate 7
2022Holy Cross 35, Colgate 10
2021Holy Cross 42, Colgate 10

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