Holy Cross at Brown
Saturday, November 1, 1947 Share
Brown beat Holy Cross 20–19. It was their 24th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 11–11–2.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 35°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 3, 1947, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL ! SCORES Final scores of leading football games pleyed over the weekend are as follows. and incidentally look at the whitewash contests: USC 19; Washington Q. California 6; UCIh Q. Oregon State IS; Stanford ‘. Idaho ‘; Oregon 34. Idaho State College l9; College of Idaho 27 Washington and Lee l3; Army 65. Navy 0; Notre Dame 27. Maine 33; Colby 6. Dartmouth IA: Yale 23. Marquette ‘; Michigan State 13. Indiana T; Ohio State 0. Iowa State g; Oklahoma 27 Texas Christian IA; Baylor ‘. Denver 20 Brigham Young 6. Utah l3; Colorado T. Wyoming A; Colorado State IA. Washington and Jefferson 21; Carnegie Tech l3. Utah State 28; Montana State l3 Oklahoma A &M 26; Temple O Georgetown 6; Boston College 27 Tennessee 6; North Carolina 20 Fordham 0; Boston U 26. Holy Cross 19; Brown 20. Penn 26: Princeton 2. Rutgers 31; Harvard T. Columbia 22; Cornell 0. Colgate 0; Penn State 46. Syracuse T; Lafayette 14. w. Virginia 0; Maryland 27. Michigan l4; Illinois 2. Duke 0; Georgie Tech T. Richmond 0, Virginia 34. Texas 13; s. Methodist IA. U. Of Detroit 19; St. Mary’s 6. Pittsburgh O.; Minnesota 29. Wisconsin %; Northwestern 0. Iowa 0; Purdue 21 Auburn 0; Vanderbilt 28 University of Connecticut 14; Coast Guard Academy 0. Wake Forest 0; William and Mary AT. Kansas State 0; Kansas 55. Texas Techs7; Rice 40. Alabama IS; Kentucky 0. Mississippi State 20; Tulane O. Wichita 0; Tulsa 2. Nevada 27; St. Louis 21. San Francisco 20; Santa Clara g Mississippi 20; Louisiana s. IS. Centenary 20; Louisiana Coll. 0 Colorado College 19; Fort Hays T Arizon State (Tempe) 33; New Mexico Aggie 12. Hardin Simmons 33 Houston ‘ Occidental 6. Whittier 4 Utah State 28 Montana State 13 Fresno State T; San Diego s. T California Aggie 12; Humboldt State T. Pomona 27; California Tech 20 Santa Barbara 53; Cal. Poly l4 Washington Freshmen IS; Oregon State Freshmen 6. British Columbia 27; Lewis and Clark T. Western Washington fl; Whit worth O. , Idaho Frosh 26; Washington s Frosh ‘. Everett JIG. 20; Centralia JIG. ‘ Linfield 26; Whitman 6. Wenatchee J. c. 12; Olympic J c. (Bremerton O.
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 61% to win. Brown won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Brown gameHoly Cross leads 24–23–2 in 49 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.
| 2019 | Holy Cross 47, Brown 31 | |
| 2015 | Brown 25, Holy Cross 24 | |
| 2014 | Brown 27, Holy Cross 24 | |
| 2012 | Brown 24, Holy Cross 21 | |
| 2011 | Brown 20, Holy Cross 13 | |
| 2010 | Holy Cross 17, Brown 13 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 8, 1947
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1947
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Brown
- Next gameat YaleNov. 8, 1947
- SeasonBrown in 1947
- ProgramBrown history and records

