Syracuse at Holy Cross
Saturday, October 17, 1942 Share
Syracuse beat Holy Cross 19–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 43°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1942, page 35
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Breaks Help Orange Humble Holy Cross By 19–0Count WORCESTER. Mass, Oct. IL Syracuses undefeated team capital lied three big breaks with perfect scoring passes to defeat statistical ly superior Holy Cross eleven 1910, before a crowd of 10000 here this afternoon. Paul Berthold, veteran Orange end, tailed all three touchdowns on the receiving end of long aerials, the first two pitched by Tommy Maines and the third by Dick Whitesell. Holy Cross fumbles opened the door to Syracuse’s first two scores.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 19, 1942, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: University of Washington 35; Montana 0. Santa Clara T; Oregon State 0. UCLA 21; California 0. Idaho [; Stanford 54. Washington State 12; use 26. Tennessee o; Alabama 8. Wyoming IA; Denver IT. New Mexico O.; Colorado 12. Utah University 34; Utah State North Dakota University 19; South Dakota State 8. DePauw 19; University of Louis- vile 6. ea Milligan T; Centre 6. Maryland O.; VIII 29. Carnegie Tech 19; Grove City G. Army 34; Columbia G. Northwestern Is; Michigan 34. Drake 6; Iowa State 29. Iowa Naval 0; Notre Dame 28. Texas AT; Arkansas 6, Texas Christian T; A.6SM. 2. Mississippi State 33; Vanderbilt O. Minnesota l5; Nebraska 2. Oklahoma 25; Kansas 0. Georgia Tech 33; Davidson 0. Missouri 46; Kansas State 9. Greeley State 6; Colorado Mines T. Duke 34; Colgate o. Princeton 6; Pennsylvania 6, tie. Wooster 0; Case IS. Marquette 28; Michigan State 2. Indiana 19; Pitt ‘. Vermont 12; Union 26. North Carolina Preflight 6; Bos- ton College 2. Purdue T; Ohio State 26. West Virginia IA; Fordham 23. Bucknell T; Rutgers g. Yale 6; Navy 13. Penn State 0; Cornell 0, tie. Dartmouth IA; Harvard 2. Bates 12; Northeastern 0. Rochester O; Amherst 6. Trinity 27; Worcester Tech 6. Williams 19; Bowdoin 0. Middlebury 6; Colby 26 Syracuse 19; Holy Cross 0. Ohio Akron TT; Ohio Wesleyan 19. Washington and Jefferson 6: Nickinson A. Lafayette o; Brown T. Tulane 0; Georgia 40. Duquesne 6; North Carolina 13 Connecticut 26; Maine ‘. Wisconsin 13; Great Lakes 7. Illinois 12; Iowa 2. Empire Classiheds Payl
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)
Syracuse 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Syracuse–Holy Cross gameSyracuse leads 25–5 in 30 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.
| 2024 | Syracuse 42, Holy Cross 14 | |
| 2019 | Syracuse 41, Holy Cross 3 | |
| 1973 | Syracuse 5, Holy Cross 3 | |
| 1971 | Syracuse 63, Holy Cross 21 | |
| 1968 | Syracuse 47, Holy Cross 0 | |
| 1967 | Syracuse 41, Holy Cross 7 |
Around this game
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. CornellOct. 24, 1942
- SeasonSyracuse in 1942
- ProgramSyracuse history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. NC StateOct. 24, 1942
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1942
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records

