Holy Cross at Cornell
Saturday, October 16, 1943 Share
Cornell beat Holy Cross 20–7. It was their third meeting; Cornell leads the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 49°F, 0.83 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 17, 1943, page 1
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Continued on Page Four Holy Cross Dropped From Unbeaten Class ITHACA. Y Y. oct Is – CornclTS football team Churned through the mud for 20–7 VIC tory over Holy Cross. which until Saturday boosted an uncroSsed goal line Howard BloSe scored for tho Big Red IN the opening quarter. sweeping as yards around end. The Crusaders. however, scored IN the second period and converted to lead AT the half. 7–6 Cornell came back strong 10 tally in tho third and fourth stan zaS. once on a pass from Maceyko 10 Macdonald and again when Naccyko went over following a 57-yard march. PHILADELPHIA – Unbeaten Penn had breather-quite a long breath--aS il “ ipped IakehurSt Naval Air station, 16–6 IL was PENIS fourth straight. The QuakerS scored three touchdowns In the first quarter. two I’m the second, three In the third and three more in the fourth. The Lake hurst eleven crossed Penn’s goal line in the opening period against Penn subs. Los ANGELES – CALIFORNIA; Bears opened up with their Bear zuka” system and grabbed off two quick touchdownS IN the first and second quarters for a 1870 victory over l.. {. l.. A. before 10000 fans. Famed for stralghtaway football, the Bears came up with sharp passing attack led by Bill JoSlyn and a fancy running routine spanked by Art HoneCgcr PITTSBURGH Underdog Lchigh held Carnegie Tech to a S,oreleSS tie in game played In mud. Neither goal was ever seriously threatened as the two
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 65% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Cornell gameCornell leads 3–0 in three meetings.
| 1943 | Cornell 20, Holy Cross 7 | |
| 1914 | Cornell 48, Holy Cross 3 | |
| 1906 | Cornell 16, Holy Cross 6 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 30, 1943
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1943
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 23, 1943
- SeasonCornell in 1943
- ProgramCornell history and records

