Holy Cross at Fordham
Saturday, November 13, 1954. Holy Cross kept the Ram–Crusader Cup Share
Holy Cross beat Fordham 20–19. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 10–4–1.
FinalAttendance 13,557
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1954, page 63
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Holy Cross Edges Rams On Late Score, 20-to NEW YORK, Nov. .13.-Tom Roberts. a sharpshooting, 49, year-old sophomore, pitched and ran Holy Cross to q fourth quarter touchdown and a 20–19 victory over Fordham today, just when it appeared the favored Crusaders had pitched the game overheard. Roberts scored the deciding touchdown himself after send ling the Crusaders so yards, al most entirely through the air. Dale Hohl, sent in twice to convert, kicked the winning point. Holy Gross Z g go Holy Cross scoring: Touchdowns-Ros- Marino t2G Roberts. Conversions Fordhanl scoring: Touchdowns-Donahue, Palmeiri t2). Conversion -
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)
Fordham 59% to win. Holy Cross won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Fordham gameHoly Cross leads 23–14–1 in 38 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.
| 2025 | Fordham 26, Holy Cross 21 | |
| 2024 | Holy Cross 19, Fordham 16 | |
| 2023 | Holy Cross 49, Fordham 47 | |
| 2022 | Holy Cross 53, Fordham 52 | |
| 2021 | Holy Cross 52, Fordham 24 | |
| 2020 | Holy Cross 34, Fordham 24 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. UConnNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1954
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Fordham
- Next gamevs. SyracuseNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonFordham in 1954
- ProgramFordham history and records

