Dartmouth at Holy Cross

Saturday, September 25, 1943

Dartmouth beat Holy Cross 3–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 8–⁠1.

AwayDartmouth6–⁠1 in 1943
3
HomeHoly Cross6–⁠2 in 1943
0

FinalHigh 62°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Dartmouth Ekes Out 80 Victory Over Holy Cross

    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.

Dartmouth leads 31–⁠25–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Dartmouth 34, Holy Cross 14
2017Dartmouth 27, Holy Cross 26
2016Dartmouth 35, Holy Cross 10
2014Dartmouth 24, Holy Cross 21
2013Holy Cross 31, Dartmouth 28
2012Dartmouth 13, Holy Cross 10

Around this game

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