Manhattan at Holy Cross

Saturday, November 23, 1940

Holy Cross beat Manhattan 33–⁠25. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayManhattan3–⁠6 in 1940
25
HomeHoly Cross4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1940
33

FinalHigh 50°F, low 36°F, 0.04 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: [E3}!3|]||

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    [E3}!3|]|| The following are final scores Of football games played last Satur- day afternoon: Harvard 28; Yale 0. Dartmouth 20; Brown 6. Marquette 0; Detroit l9. Georgetown G. George Washing ton 0. North Carolina State 6; Duke 42. Michigan 40; Ohio State 0. West Virginia 0; Michigan State F. Auburn T; Boston College 33. Army l9; Princeton 26. West Maryland 0; Boston Uni- yerSity 37. Penn State 2; Pittsburgh 20. Colgate IT; Columbia 20 Lehigh 0; Lafayette 46. Pennsylvania P; Cornell 20. Clemson l3; Furman ‘. Indiana 3; Purdue o. Manhattan 25; Holy Cross 33. Indiana ‘; Iowa l8. Notfe Dame G; Northwestern 20. Kentucky 0; Tennessee 33. Creighton IA; Drake 0. Minnesota p; Wisconsin 13. Mississippi State 19 Mississippi 0. University Of Washington 4l; UCLA O. Washington State 14; Gonzaga :. Montana 0; Portland 0. Brigham Young 30 Colorado State 13

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.

Holy Cross leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0
1941Manhattan 13, Holy Cross 13
1940Holy Cross 33, Manhattan 25
1939Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0
1938Holy Cross 19, Manhattan 6
1936Holy Cross 13, Manhattan 7

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