Holy Cross at Dartmouth

Saturday, September 30, 1950

Holy Cross and Dartmouth tied 21–⁠21. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 11–⁠2–⁠3.

AwayHoly Cross4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
21
HomeDartmouth3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
21

FinalHigh 75°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 1, 1950, page 45

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    HANOVER, NJ H.. Sept. 30 The Holy Cross Crusaders battled favored Dartmouth today to a 21–⁠21 tie. The result was in doubt right up until the final second when 49, 900 Memorial Field fans stood while Dartmouth’s Doc Day made an unsuccessful 36-yard try for a field goal. The ball was caught in the end zone by Carmen Manganiello who ran it out of bounds on the Holy Cross % as the game ended. Playing in sharp contrast to the hapless Holy Cross team of a year ago. the Crusaders scored first, in less than six minutes of play, and maintained a TO lead through the first quarter. Dartmouth was forced to come from a 21–⁠14 deficit for the tie. Bob Tyler ran 40 yards for the tying touchdown. A Bob Maloy forward to Johnny Turco moved Holy Cross 81 yards to the Dartmouth II to set up the

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)

Dartmouth 83% to win.

Dartmouth leads 31–⁠25–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Dartmouth 34, Holy Cross 14
2017Dartmouth 27, Holy Cross 26
2016Dartmouth 35, Holy Cross 10
2014Dartmouth 24, Holy Cross 21
2013Holy Cross 31, Dartmouth 28
2012Dartmouth 13, Holy Cross 10

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