Holy Cross at Dartmouth

Saturday, October 1, 1955

Holy Cross beat Dartmouth 29–⁠21. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Dartmouth led the series 12–⁠5–⁠3.

AwayHoly Cross6–⁠4 in 1955
29
HomeDartmouth3–⁠6 in 1955
21

FinalHigh 63°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Holy Cross Uses Posses to Defeat Dartmouth, 29-2l

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1955, page 68

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    Holy Cross Uses Posses to Defeat Dartmouth, 29–⁠2l HANOVER n. n. Oct. 4 Wl. Holy Cross beat Dartmouth st iez own aerial game In q 2D-21 loot ban victory today, but was Kept III turmoil to the finish q TIE indians scored an three t0uclIdowns u The 1nal period. uartefbacks Jack Stephauz and Billy Smitlers passed for two touchdowns each for the speedier, alert Crusaders, Whc took 3 23–⁠0 lead in the second period. However. Coach Bob Black mans game Indians finally uIlleashed the full fury Of theiS passing attack late In the contest paced by Bill Beagle and Mike Brown. Leading 23-i4 late in the final period, Stephans connected with Sophomore Jack Ringel on . s. yard aerial play that put the Crusaders out Of danger. The time was 1855. A pass interference call at the Holy Gross Il9 moments later put the Indians In position for one last score On the third play Beagle hii Monte Pasc0e In the corner oi the end sone and added his sec- Iond conversion. E I,s.z l.,,;‘,,s cses: - 8 as 8 “a Ares1d tsz. pass from stsphanO LSnsi (i6, uass-run from oznithersj; Ielenz |{67. pass-fun from gmithereG ninss i66, pass-run from stephansl. Cgnyer’ Eafifaniello CD. Safety Beaeie tackled By Afcand1. Dartmouth scoring. Touchdoyns . Brown pluneel: Beagle 81 g,nnges Deasle t21.

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. Holy Cross won as Elo’s underdog.

Dartmouth leads 31–⁠25–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 40 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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