Duquesne at Holy Cross
Saturday, October 15, 1949 Share
Duquesne beat Holy Cross 40–14. It was their third meeting; after it, Duquesne led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 53°F, low 48°F, 0.05 in. of rain
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 48
Read the text
Holy Cross Crushed By Duquesne, 40.14 WORCESTER. Mass. Oct. Is Duquesne University’s football opportunists handed Holy Cross its fourth straight defeat and its most decisive home loss in years 40–14. before a slim crowd Of 5000 today at Fitton Field. The visiting Dukes, pushed around plenty during the first half. capitalized on Crusader mistakes and pass interruptions for q 2o-14 halftime advantage. They came back after the in Permission to outplay Holy Cross by a wide margin. Duauesne 13 10 O l4–4( HOLY Cross go .. ~ o Oil
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. Duquesne pulled the upset.
The series
Every Duquesne–Holy Cross gameDuquesne leads 3–1 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 2004 | Duquesne 31, Holy Cross 7 | |
| 1949 | Duquesne 40, Holy Cross 14 | |
| 1948 | Holy Cross 16, Duquesne 13 | |
| 1942 | Duquesne 25, Holy Cross 0 |
Around this game
Duquesne
- Next gamevs. VillanovaOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonDuquesne in 1949
- ProgramDuquesne history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gameat YaleOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1949
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records