Holy Cross at Georgia
Saturday, October 14, 1939 Share
Holy Cross beat Georgia 13–0. It was their third meeting; Holy Cross leads the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 51°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 16, 1939, page 5 (results column)
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FoorBALL SCORES The following arc final scores of football games played in various parts of the Nation last Saturday afternoon Oregon 6; California 0. University of Washington 0; Washington State 6. U.CLA. IA; Stanford IA. tie. Oregon State IA; University of Portland 12. Illinois 0; Southern California 26. Idaho 0; Gonzaga 19. Carnegie Tech 21; Case O. Iowa T; Michigan 27 Ohio Wesleyan 12; Ohio 2. Brown 0; Colgate 10. Duke 13; Pitt IA. Cornell 20; Princeton T. Penn 6; Yale o. Army 6; Columbia g. tie. Dartmouth c; Navy o, tie. Northwestern 0; Ohio State IS. Texas Christian II; Temple 13. Fordham 0; Tulane ‘. Nebraska 10; Iowa State ‘. Purdue 13; Minnesota 13, tie. Southern Methodist 19; Notre Dame 20 Harvard 61; Chicago 0. New York U. ‘; North Caro- lima IA. Marquette IT; Michigan State IA. Lehigh T; Penn State 49. Western Reserve 19; Boston U, IA. Detroit 13; Catholic U. IA. Colorado o; Kansas State 20. Holy Cross 13; Georgia 0. Georgetown 13; Syracuse 13, tie. Valparaiso 13; Indiana State 12. Coast Guard Academy T; Nor wich IT.
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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Georgia gameHoly Cross leads 3–0 in three meetings.
| 1939 | Holy Cross 13, Georgia 0 | |
| 1938 | Holy Cross 29, Georgia 6 | |
| 1937 | Holy Cross 7, Georgia 6 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gameat BrownOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1939
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Georgia
- Next gameat KentuckyOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonGeorgia in 1939
- ProgramGeorgia history and records

