Duquesne at Holy Cross

Saturday, October 3, 1942

Duquesne beat Holy Cross 25–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Duquesne led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayDuquesne6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
25
HomeHoly Cross5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1942
0

FinalHigh 62°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .Duquesne 0verpowers Holy Cross 10 Bag 18Th Win in Row

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 4, 1942, page 38

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    .Duquesne 0verpowers Holy Cross 10 Bag 18Th Win in Row WORCESTER. Mass, Oct. s. Mixing battling deception with blind ing sped, Duquesne’s slick ball ham dlers rolled up their 18th straight football victory by crushing Holy Cross, $50, before crowd of 10000 today. With Joe Goode and Max Kielbasa the key operators in Coach Buff Donelly’s hocus-pocus attack, the Dukes film -flammed the widely out played Crusaders for touchdown in the first quarter, two in the third

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)

Duquesne 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Duquesne leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2004Duquesne 31, Holy Cross 7
1949Duquesne 40, Holy Cross 14
1948Holy Cross 16, Duquesne 13
1942Duquesne 25, Holy Cross 0

Around this game

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