Holy Cross at Colgate

Saturday, October 3, 1953

No. 20 Holy Cross beat Colgate 19–⁠6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 13–⁠5–⁠3.

Away20Holy Cross5–⁠5 in 1953
19
HomeColgate3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1953
6

FinalHigh 82°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Holy Cross Powers 1915 Win Over Tired Colgate Line

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 4, 1953, page 65

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    Holy Cross Powers 1915 Win Over Tired Colgate Line 15-yard scoring pass for the renaming Holy Cross touchdown. Colgate had to be content with desperation touchdown in the last nine seconds of play. That one came with Quarter back Dick Lalla hooking up with Reserve Halfback Charles Cooley on three passes good for As yards and the marker. Fullback Warren O’Donnell was successful on one of his two extra point tries. Gene Schiller missed on a third and Frank Nardulli’S try was wide for Colgate. The win was the 18th for Holy Cross against five losses and three ties in the 36-year-old series. GGlgate e;oIs ero.: ------ 9 9 ,sL,s Colgate scoring: Touchdown-Cooley. Holy Cross scoring: Touchdowns-Carroll, Haley (2) ConVerSion-O’ ‘DOnnel.

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colgate leads 32–⁠30–⁠5 in 67 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Colgate 35, Holy Cross 10
2025Colgate 29, Holy Cross 28
2024Holy Cross 38, Colgate 7
2023Holy Cross 47, Colgate 7
2022Holy Cross 35, Colgate 10
2021Holy Cross 42, Colgate 10

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