Holy Cross at Syracuse

Saturday, October 25, 1952

Syracuse beat Holy Cross 20–⁠19. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 7–⁠3.

AwayHoly Cross8–⁠2 in 1952
19
HomeSyracuse7–⁠3 in 1952
20

FinalHigh 42°F, low 30°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Syracuse Deals First Loss 10 Holy Cross

    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.

Syracuse leads 25–⁠5 in 30 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Syracuse 42, Holy Cross 14
2019Syracuse 41, Holy Cross 3
1973Syracuse 5, Holy Cross 3
1971Syracuse 63, Holy Cross 21
1968Syracuse 47, Holy Cross 0
1967Syracuse 41, Holy Cross 7

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