Holy Cross at Dartmouth

Saturday, September 25, 1954

Dartmouth beat Holy Cross 27–⁠26. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 12–⁠4–⁠3.

AwayHoly Cross3–⁠7 in 1954
26
HomeDartmouth3–⁠6 in 1954
27

FinalHigh 59°F, low 39°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 9,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 26, 1954, page 67

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    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.

Dartmouth leads 31–⁠25–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Dartmouth 34, Holy Cross 14
2017Dartmouth 27, Holy Cross 26
2016Dartmouth 35, Holy Cross 10
2014Dartmouth 24, Holy Cross 21
2013Holy Cross 31, Dartmouth 28
2012Dartmouth 13, Holy Cross 10

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