Manhattan at Holy Cross
Saturday, November 23, 1940 Share
Holy Cross beat Manhattan 33–25. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 36°F, 0.04 in. of rain
In the newspapers
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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.
The series
Every Manhattan–Holy Cross gameHoly Cross leads 5–0–1 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1942 | Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0 | |
| 1941 | Manhattan 13, Holy Cross 13 | |
| 1940 | Holy Cross 33, Manhattan 25 | |
| 1939 | Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0 | |
| 1938 | Holy Cross 19, Manhattan 6 | |
| 1936 | Holy Cross 13, Manhattan 7 |
Around this game
Manhattan
- Next gamevs. St. BonaventureSept. 27, 1941
- SeasonManhattan in 1940
- ProgramManhattan history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gameat Boston CollegeNov. 30, 1940
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1940
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
