Fordham at Holy Cross
Saturday, November 22, 1947 Share
Holy Cross beat Fordham 48–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 5–4–1.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 18°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 23, 1947, page 1 (results column)
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Gridiron IIighlights PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. o. R-Princeton’s Big Three foot ball champions closed out their 1947 season today with a IA to II victory over Dartmouth, but for the full so minutes the favor ed Tiger eleven had its hands full. BOSTON, Nov. 22-P)-Outplaying their opponents in three of the four periods, Boston Uni versity’s Terriers today ended their first season under Coach Buff Donelli with a convincing 20–14 triumph over Colgate’s Red raiders. PALO ALTO, Calf, Nov. % R-California’s Bears, scoring an 80-yard touchdown pass with less than three minutes to 20 came from behind today to defeat 8 fighting Stanford team 21–18 ir their 5Oth annual football classic played before $4,000 wildly cheer ing football fans. W. Va, Nov. 22-F-West Virginia University pounded Temple into submission 21-o today, with the hard run. ing of Rex Humgardner ane Walt Malyk and the bullet pass. ing of Tom Keane furnishing the scoring punch. WORCESTER, Mass, Nov 2; -P-Holy Cross, Crusaders suffering along uncertainty galloped to a 48–0 victory over Fordham’s hornless Rams in its final home game of a compare lively unsuccessful season on Fit ton Field today before a 1000 crowd. S~PARTANBURG sc. Nov. % -fP-The Wofford Terriers I’M corked a fine running attack in spite of the soggy field to whip a stubborn Randolph = Macon football team, 1877, here today. BOSTON, Nov. 22-P)eBoston colleges thrice-beaten Eagles removed some of the sting from last weeks crushing Tennessee setback by running legirons on St. Mary’s one-time galloping Gaels for a 25–7 victory today IN their intersectional football clash before a 1878 crowd on Soggy Braves Field.
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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Fordham–Holy Cross gameHoly Cross leads 23–14–1 in 38 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
| 2025 | Fordham 26, Holy Cross 21 | |
| 2024 | Holy Cross 19, Fordham 16 | |
| 2023 | Holy Cross 49, Fordham 47 | |
| 2022 | Holy Cross 53, Fordham 52 | |
| 2021 | Holy Cross 52, Fordham 24 | |
| 2020 | Holy Cross 34, Fordham 24 |
Around this game
Fordham
- Next gamevs. New York UniversityNov. 29, 1947
- SeasonFordham in 1947
- ProgramFordham history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeNov. 29, 1947
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1947
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records

