Temple at Holy Cross

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 18, 1945, page 11

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  TEMPLE OWLS JOLT HOLY CROSS, l4–⁠6 WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. II P-Holy Cross dreams of post season football game were jolted today as an alert and hard-hitting Temple University eleven upset the previously mbeaten Crusaders. 1916, before a shocked crowd OF 26, 900 at Fitton Field. The Owls, enjoying tremendous superiority in the line, par. AIDED 60 yards to a touchdown midway through the second period. Then, after the Crusaders had rallied to creep within a point Of them, Temples speedy Jack Burns, Gene Zawoiski and Phil Slosburg set out on another long drive which rolled II yards to the clinching touchdown early in tho final quarter. Burns made Temples first score from a yard out and Zawoiski plunged across on a similarly short charge for the second one. Jimmy Wilson kicked both extra points. The Crusaders, so badly beaten in the scrimmage line that their touted Stan Koslowski never found room to run, trooped So yards for their lone touchdown early in the third period. Little Joe Byers tailed it on a spectacular 23-yard scamper after taking a wide lat eral from Koslowski. Koslowski’ S attempt to kick the extra point was blocked by Mark Dolin. Once beaten Temple outplayed the lethargic Crusaders by wide margin throughout. The Owls rolled UP II first downs, rushed for 238 yards and passed for 19 others. Holy Cross was held to nine first downs, 120 yards rush ing and 81 others passing.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 19, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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  ESma BALL !. SCORES The following gre final scores of football games played over the weekend. Edsi Colgate T; Syracuse 6. Cornell 20; Dartmout l3. Navy 36; Wisconsin 2. Yale 4l; Coast Guard 6. Temple 14; Holy Cross 6. Army 61; Pennsylvania 0. Columbia 32; Princeton T. Harvard l4; Brown T. Midl0eSt Indiana 19; Pittsburgh O. Michigan 27; Purdue 13. Ohio State 27: Illinois 2. Michigan State 33; Penn State 0. Ohio U IA; West Virginia O. Iowa go: Minnesota 19. Metre Dame 34, Northwestern 2. Marquette l9; Kentucky l3. Missouri IA; Oklahoma 6. Icwa State 8: Drake 6. Kansas 27; Kansas State o. Nebraska 53; South Dakota 0. Tulsa 26; Baylor ‘. Oklahoma ARM 46; Texas Tech 6. South Mississippi State 54; Northwestern Louisiana 0. Clemson AT; Tulane 20. Alabama Il; Vanderbilt 0. Georgia 35; Auburn 0. Wake Forest IA; N. Carolina IS. Louisiana State g; Georgia Tech T. ScHth1OeSt Southern Methodist 21; Arkansas ). Texas 20; Texas Christian O. Rice 6; Texas A and Mo West Oregon 20; California 13. Washington 12; Idaho o. Washington State 13; Oregon s. O.. UCLA IS; St. Mary’s 2. Colorado State Il; Nebraska Wes cyan 6.

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.

Holy Cross leads 12–⁠9–⁠2 in 23 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.