Temple at Holy Cross

Saturday, November 16, 1940

Temple and Holy Cross tied 6–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayTemple4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
6
HomeHoly Cross4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1940
6

FinalHigh 40°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Holy Cross and Temple Tie, 6 to 6, in Snow

    Evening star, November 17, 1940, page 35

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    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.

Holy Cross leads 12–⁠9–⁠2 in 23 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
1974Temple 56, Holy Cross 0
1973Temple 63, Holy Cross 34
1972Temple 15, Holy Cross 7
1970Temple 23, Holy Cross 13
1955Holy Cross 42, Temple 7
1952Holy Cross 28, Temple 0

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