Holy Cross at Brown

Saturday, October 24, 1953

Brown beat Holy Cross 6–⁠0. It was their 30th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 14–⁠14–⁠2.

AwayHoly Cross5–⁠5 in 1953
0
HomeBrown3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1953
6

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cornell Tops Princeton 26-19; Army Routs Columbia 4o7 Brown Beats Holy Cross, go, On Tackles 83-Yurd Dash

    Evening star, October 25, 1953, page 69

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    Cornell Tops Princeton 26–⁠19; Army Routs Columbia 4o7 Brown Beats Holy Cross, go, On Tackles 83-Yurd Dash ruggedly by Bruce Hunt and John (Obie) O’Brien. The ball Squirted out of his arms straight into the air. Klaess grabbed it and that proved the ball game. That play stalled the Crusaders who had moved 43 yards and seemed headed for a score of their own. Klaess is one of 10 Brown foot ball players who were barred from competition last year. declared ineligible for alledgedly receiving financial aid from alumni. He hadn’t played in any of Browns previous four games this season because of being on probation-a condition from which he was freed only last week. Brown --- o q 6---6 Brown scoring: Touchdown-Klaess.

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 70% to win. Brown pulled the upset.

Holy Cross leads 24–⁠23–⁠2 in 49 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Holy Cross 47, Brown 31
2015Brown 25, Holy Cross 24
2014Brown 27, Holy Cross 24
2012Brown 24, Holy Cross 21
2011Brown 20, Holy Cross 13
2010Holy Cross 17, Brown 13

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