Colgate at Holy Cross
Saturday, October 27, 1945 Share
No. 15 Holy Cross beat Colgate 21–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 8–3–2.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 36°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1945, page 18
Read the text
Holy Cross Rips Colgate Line for 2l-0 Triumph By inc AkS0clated PTesS. WORCESTER. Mass. Oct. 81 Held scoreless in the first half for the first time this season, Holy Cross undefeated Crusaders gained their fifth triumph by tearing Col gates heavy line to shreds for a 2l-0 decision today before $4,000 crowd. Mighty Stan Koslowski, playing despite a serious leg injury, scored twice for Holy Cross and Veto Kissell added the third touchdown mid way through the final period.
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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colgate–Holy Cross gameColgate leads 32–30–5 in 67 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.
| 2026 | Colgate 35, Holy Cross 10 | |
| 2025 | Colgate 29, Holy Cross 28 | |
| 2024 | Holy Cross 38, Colgate 7 | |
| 2023 | Holy Cross 47, Colgate 7 | |
| 2022 | Holy Cross 35, Colgate 10 | |
| 2021 | Holy Cross 42, Colgate 10 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat CornellNov. 10, 1945
- SeasonColgate in 1945
- ProgramColgate history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. New London Submarine BaseNov. 4, 1945
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1945
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records