Holy Cross at Dartmouth
Saturday, September 27, 1952 Share
Holy Cross beat Dartmouth 27–9. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 11–3–3.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 38°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 28, 1952, page 67
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HANOVER. N. H., Sept. 81 Charlie Maloy passed for two touchdowns and scored another today as he piloted Holy Cross iate-starting Crusaders to a 27–9 victory over Dartmouth in the football opener for both teams. After Dartmouth grabbed a 20 lead in the first period on a safety, Maloy got the sluggish Holy Cross machine moving on a 74-yard drive she slick quarterback passed to End John Carroll for the score. The teams traded touchdowns in the third period and Holy Cross sewed up the game with two more 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)
Dartmouth 52% to win. Holy Cross won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Dartmouth gameDartmouth leads 31–25–4 in 60 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. FordhamOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1952
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Dartmouth
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonDartmouth in 1952
- ProgramDartmouth history and records

