Duquesne at Holy Cross
Saturday, October 3, 1942 Share
Duquesne beat Holy Cross 25–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Duquesne led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 4, 1942, page 38
Read the text
.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.
The series
Every Duquesne–Holy Cross gameDuquesne leads 3–1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2004 | Duquesne 31, Holy Cross 7 | |
| 1949 | Duquesne 40, Holy Cross 14 | |
| 1948 | Holy Cross 16, Duquesne 13 | |
| 1942 | Duquesne 25, Holy Cross 0 |
Around this game
Duquesne
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateOct. 10, 1942
- SeasonDuquesne in 1942
- ProgramDuquesne history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. Fort TottenOct. 10, 1942
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1942
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records

