Holy Cross at Dartmouth

Saturday, September 27, 1952

Holy Cross beat Dartmouth 27–⁠9. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 11–⁠3–⁠3.

AwayHoly Cross8–⁠2 in 1952
27
HomeDartmouth2–⁠7 in 1952
9

FinalHigh 61°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    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.

Dartmouth leads 31–⁠25–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Dartmouth 34, Holy Cross 14
2017Dartmouth 27, Holy Cross 26
2016Dartmouth 35, Holy Cross 10
2014Dartmouth 24, Holy Cross 21
2013Holy Cross 31, Dartmouth 28
2012Dartmouth 13, Holy Cross 10

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