Holy Cross at Marquette

Saturday, November 11, 1950

Marquette beat Holy Cross 21–⁠19. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Marquette led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayHoly Cross4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
19
HomeMarquette5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1950
21

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Lost-Minute Pass By Marquette Subs Beats Holy Cross

    Evening star, November 12, 1950, page 44

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    Lost-Minute Pass By Marquette Subs Beats Holy Cross MILWAUKEE,, Nov. ia pair Of substitutes teamed up on a last quarter touchdown pass today to pull Marquette from behind and give the Hilltoppers a 21–⁠19 Homecoming football victory over the Holy Cross Crusaders. Young Dan Leahy, whose only previous appearances in the intersectional game were for successful conversions, tossed SO yards to Reserve End Jim Tobias for the score which erased 1914 deficit with 4::35 remaining in the final quarter.

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)

Marquette 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Holy Cross leads 7–⁠6–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Holy Cross 20, Marquette 0
1959Marquette 30, Holy Cross 12
1958Holy Cross 14, Marquette 0
1957Holy Cross 26, Marquette 7
1956Holy Cross 41, Marquette 0
1955Marquette 18, Holy Cross 6

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