Holy Cross at Marquette
Saturday, November 11, 1950 Share
Marquette beat Holy Cross 21–19. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Marquette led the series 2–1–1.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Marquette gameHoly Cross leads 7–6–1 in 14 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 1960 | Holy Cross 20, Marquette 0 | |
| 1959 | Marquette 30, Holy Cross 12 | |
| 1958 | Holy Cross 14, Marquette 0 | |
| 1957 | Holy Cross 26, Marquette 7 | |
| 1956 | Holy Cross 41, Marquette 0 | |
| 1955 | Marquette 18, Holy Cross 6 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. GeorgetownNov. 18, 1950
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1950
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Marquette
- Next gameat IndianaNov. 18, 1950
- SeasonMarquette in 1950
- ProgramMarquette history and records
