Holy Cross at Brown

Saturday, October 27, 1951

Holy Cross beat Brown 41–⁠6. It was their 28th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 13–⁠13–⁠2.

AwayHoly Cross8–⁠2 in 1951
41
HomeBrown2–⁠7 in 1951
6

FinalHigh 71°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Two 74-Yard Sprints Feature Holy Cross 41-6 Rout Of Brown

    Evening star, October 28, 1951, page 41

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    Two 74-Yard Sprints Feature Holy Cross 41–⁠6 Rout Of Brown PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Oct. 81 Holy Cross, the East’s offense leaders, romped to a Ais victory over Brown today after getting off to a slow start. With Gene Schiller filling in as passer for the stricken Charlie Maloy. Holy Cross piled up ter rifle yardage while scoring twice in the second period, three times in the third and once in the finale Hard-driving Johnny Turco accounted for two Holy Cross touch downs and turned in spectacular 74-yard touchdown return of q fourth period punt. Gallo Matches Turco Dash Turned back twice in the first period. Schiller got Holy Cross rolling by racing from midfield to Browns 20 after taking a pass. He later scored from nine yards out shortly after Holy Cross marched from its one to its 26 and Paul Gallo set off on a 74-yard touch down sprinte down the left side line. Schiller’s only touchdown toss was caught by Bob Doyle early ir the third period and covered &c yards. Mike Cooney, Holy Cross tackle. recovered Johnny Orton’: fumbled punt on Browns 9 soor after and Pete Biocca banged over from the one. A 45-yard aerial from Shillel to Turco accounted for most q the gain as the latter capped & 7b-yard drive with a four-yarc scoring slam. Carter’s Knee Fractured. After Turco’s spectacular fourth period scoring runback. during which Dave Carter suffered a fractured left knee after being hit by a blocker. DR.. Eddie An derson started emptying the Holy Cross bench. Brown ---- 0 0 o g. Holy Cross scoring; Iouehd9wns- Conversions-Feltch t5). Brown scoring ouehdown-Martland.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Holy Cross leads 24–⁠23–⁠2 in 49 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Holy Cross 47, Brown 31
2015Brown 25, Holy Cross 24
2014Brown 27, Holy Cross 24
2012Brown 24, Holy Cross 21
2011Brown 20, Holy Cross 13
2010Holy Cross 17, Brown 13

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