Temple at Holy Cross
Saturday, November 16, 1940 Share
Temple and Holy Cross tied 6–6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–2–2.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 17, 1940, page 35
Read the text
Holy Cross and Temple Tie, 6 to 6, in Snow WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. 16 P). Holy Cross often-beaten Cru saders rallied to gain SIS tie with a favored Temple eleven in a foot ball battle waged through a driving wind and snow squall today. The Owls drove 81 yards to their touchdown early in the second pc riod. Holy Gross. which saw two long drives halted inside the Owl 25 in the one-sided third period, went Al Yards on two sensational plays for its equalizing touchdown early in the final chapter.
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 63% to win.
The series
Every Temple–Holy Cross gameHoly Cross leads 12–9–2 in 23 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.
| 1974 | Temple 56, Holy Cross 0 | |
| 1973 | Temple 63, Holy Cross 34 | |
| 1972 | Temple 15, Holy Cross 7 | |
| 1970 | Temple 23, Holy Cross 13 | |
| 1955 | Holy Cross 42, Temple 7 | |
| 1952 | Holy Cross 28, Temple 0 |
Around this game
Temple
- Next gameat OklahomaNov. 23, 1940
- SeasonTemple in 1940
- ProgramTemple history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. ManhattanNov. 23, 1940
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1940
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records

