Holy Cross at Dartmouth
Saturday, September 25, 1954 Share
Dartmouth beat Holy Cross 27–26. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 12–4–3.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 39°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 9,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 26, 1954, page 67
Read the text
SHANOVER, N. H., Sept. 25.- AZ sensational -the-head catch by Capt. Lou Turner of a pass from Bill Beagle with one second remaining in the game and Leo McKenna’s successful conversion gave Dartmouth q brilliant 27–26 victory over Holy Cross today at Memorial Field. Turner’s eye-opening snag in the letthand corner of the end Eonc climaxed a l0-play. 47-yard march by the Indians with Beagle connecting on five of eight passes. Beagle. 19-year-old quarter back from Danville. Pa. was the chief engineer of the tremendous surge which brought the Indians ffom two touchdowns behind With a little over seven minutes left u Lrtmouth. inept at times, ap-
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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Dartmouth gameDartmouth leads 31–25–4 in 60 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 2, 1954
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1954
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Dartmouth
- Next gamevs. NavyOct. 2, 1954
- SeasonDartmouth in 1954
- ProgramDartmouth history and records

