Holy Cross at Syracuse
Saturday, October 25, 1952 Share
Syracuse beat Holy Cross 20–19. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 7–3.
FinalHigh 42°F, low 30°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 26, 1952, page 67
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Syracuse Deals First Loss 10 Holy Cross SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. 25.- Syracuse knocked Holy Cross out of footballs unconquered ranks 20–19. today by a Pat Stark-to- Donald Roman pass in the final 4C seconds of a sensational fourth quarter. | The game-clinching heave was from the 10-yard line, Gaping a seven-play, 72-yard drive. Charlie Maloy figured in all the CRUSADERS scoring. He threw two Second-quarter touchdown passes and scored from the two-yard line in the final quarter. Maloy threw 48 passes and COM pleted half of them for 252 yards 1t was the greatest number he has hurled in any game of his col lege career. For Syracuse, Stark tried q passes and completed IT for 168 yards. Syracuse outgained the Crusaders on the ground. 161 to 81 yards but the Crusaders achieved 90 18 edge on first downs. Holy Cross OI2 o ia ISyracuse o O 13–2O Scoring; Holy Cross touchdowns--Dee syracuse. TouchdownsNPerkins. Leberian an Roman. Conversions-George (o),
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 51% to win. Syracuse won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Syracuse gameSyracuse leads 25–5 in 30 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.
| 2024 | Syracuse 42, Holy Cross 14 | |
| 2019 | Syracuse 41, Holy Cross 3 | |
| 1973 | Syracuse 5, Holy Cross 3 | |
| 1971 | Syracuse 63, Holy Cross 21 | |
| 1968 | Syracuse 47, Holy Cross 0 | |
| 1967 | Syracuse 41, Holy Cross 7 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gameat MarquetteNov. 1, 1952
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1952
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Syracuse
- Next gamevs. Penn StateNov. 8, 1952
- SeasonSyracuse in 1952
- ProgramSyracuse history and records

