Dartmouth at Holy Cross
Saturday, September 25, 1943 Share
Dartmouth beat Holy Cross 3–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 8–1.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 51°F
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., September 27, 1943, page 5
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Dartmouth Ekes Out 80 Victory Over Holy Cross WORCESTER, Mass, Sept 90 CP)-An under-rated Holy Cross football team, which played with out single substitution, hsld pow erful Dartmouth to a hard-earned 80 victory today before a $4,000 crowd. With less than two minutes to 60, Dartmouth rushed in Tom my Donovan, recent Manhattan halfback, to settle the game with a 20-yard placement field goal,
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 62% to win. Dartmouth won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Dartmouth–Holy Cross gameDartmouth leads 31–25–4 in 60 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
Around this game
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. Coast GuardOct. 2, 1943
- SeasonDartmouth in 1943
- ProgramDartmouth history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. BrownOct. 2, 1943
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1943
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records

