Holy Cross at Colgate

Saturday, October 14, 1950

Colgate beat Holy Cross 35–⁠28. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 10–⁠5–⁠3.

AwayHoly Cross4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
28
HomeColgate5–⁠3 in 1950
35

FinalHigh 50°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Colgate Defeats Holy Cross; First 2-in-Row Win Since '46

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 48

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    Colgate Defeats Holy Cross; First 2-in-Row Win Since ’46 Maloy pitching to McCann for the score. Then Totten broke away through the middle, and went IS yards for Colgate’s fourth touchdown. Totten swept left end again for the fifth Colgate score and 81 81 lead at the end of the third period. Maloy pitched 18 yards to Nc Cam for the last Holy Cross score. Egler carried 36 times for 215 yards during the day.

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.

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Our ratings (scores only)

Colgate 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colgate leads 32–⁠30–⁠5 in 67 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Colgate 35, Holy Cross 10
2025Colgate 29, Holy Cross 28
2024Holy Cross 38, Colgate 7
2023Holy Cross 47, Colgate 7
2022Holy Cross 35, Colgate 10
2021Holy Cross 42, Colgate 10

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