Holy Cross at Amherst

Saturday, October 11, 1902

Amherst beat Holy Cross 29–⁠5. It was their second meeting; after it, Amherst led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayHoly Cross6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1902
5
HomeAmherst7–⁠3 in 1902
29

FinalHigh 59°F, low 35°F, 0.53 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Providence news's story

    The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], October 16, 1902, page 3 (results column)

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    terday the grand stands cheered him to | a man. The lineup and summary: HARVARD. WESLEYAN Jones, Matthews. !. e........ r. O.. Rogers | Wrlght, Nhltwell, l. t....... r. l., Forbes a. H, marsnaIi, l. g’‘..”‘....... r. e., Brown nihs’ ouBuen, c.............. c., Gillespie barnard Coburr, r. g.......... l. e., Espy Mils. Shea, r. t.................. !. l., Good ! bowoitch. Motley. r. e................ .,...:....,..’........ l. e., Eyester, Coote Marshaii, DAILY. q. b.......... q. b.. Calder ! Herman. Knowles. Stillman, Piper. ]. n. b ‘.’‘‘.,’‘.’..... r. n. b., Mcdonald Leatherbee. Foster, r. h. b.l h. b.. Lacy Stillman, Meier. Ives, T. b...... ............. I. b.. Hanlon. Van Surdam score-Harvard. 35; Wesleyan, s. Touch downs-Stillman CD. Leatherbee CD, Kernan, Forbes. Goal from fielc-Marshau I Goal from touchdowns-Barnard s. Umplre-R. Brown. Referee-J. Lawrence Timekeeper-FredW Wood. b. A A. Lines men-McDonald OF Harvard and Nixon OF WESLEYAN Time 20 and l5-minute halves. Attendance-4500 YALE 30. L. OF V. o. The Yale football eleven defeated the University OF Vermont football eleven at New Haven yesterday afternoon by the score OF 81 70 O. The game was attended astic crowds OF undergraduates and townspeople OF the season. but the play Mas, maS one aie siaea, The record OF the Yer IN 10 game gave them prestige which they failed TO uphold, gridiron at will and scored four touehs downs in the first half and two In the sec oha’ oh Yale PLAYED a substitute team in eleven was not In the best OF condition and in the second half time was fire. Hgsn5ify H9s IL ,Ssr Ssled d. for them Al one time once with Injuries. The lineup: YALE U. OF VERMONT. Hare, Moorehead, l. ELL e., Patterson glass; Gnexiih Brown 5Smiin’ + t.f t. fPappsy Pa1psy Holt. Morton. c.......................c., Gale | GSss GossD kiRnsyh RI.ssh s.....r. g. KinEsslSna Coffin. G. Ward stllman. r. e.. Metcaif, Rockwell. a. b......a b., Barrett L. h. b.. Dane (captain | Wilhelmi. Soper !. h. b. ................ Ward Vanderpool. r. h. b..,...ii;;:..., Farmer, McClintock. (. b......f. b.. strait AMHERST %. HOLY CROSS 5. Amherst. by playing. the strongest game OF the season defeated Holy Cross at Am herst yesterday afternoon 29 TO 5. The feature of Amherst’s play was her inter spectacular run of Go yards. Amherst made one TOUCHDOWN in two minutes Of play. Holy Cross played good game. but was outclassed at nearly every point. | Reed kicked goal from the field, and this gave the VISITORS a score against Am | herst The home team did not once use q trick play. getting four or her touch downs on straight football. PLAYERS RULED OFF. The Dartmouth Athletic council has debarred Turner. Marques and Lindsay rom all intercollegiate contests during the year. These three men entered Dartmouth this year from western and southern colleges. They are among the BEST men on the football squad. and their oss greatly weakens the eleven. TUFTS 49, W. p. 10 Tufts defeated Worcester Polytechnic yesterday afternoon on Tufts oval, Is to 0. The Tufts team was Grip ‘led by the loss Of five regular men in ured In the Dartmouth game last Sat lrday. COLUMBIA 20. swARTHMoRE o. Columbia played surprisingly good foot all yesterday afternoon when she deeated Swarthmore. “a to 0. at the New FORK Polo grounds. Columbia did better han either Princeton or Pennsylvania I gainst the same team. PRINCETON 80. HAvERFoRD 0. Princeton rolled up 30 points against iaverford at Princeton yesterday after [ oon I’m a game that was featured by an I 5 yard run for a touchdown by Quarerback Burke. and the heavy line plunglg OF FoulSe. Hart and Kafer. The Ha- ! erford men played plucky game in the ! rst half and held Princeton down to 12 ! oints. ANNAPOLIS 10. ST. JOHNS o. The naval cadets defeated st. Johns q ollege Of Annapolis at Annapolis yester- Q ay afternoon 10 TO o. The collegians O ‘ere very light. but by desperate and 3 riliant work prevented the middies from ,oring I’m the first half. In the second alsey and Smith made touchdowns. but elknap failed at both goals. PENN. SO. GETTYSBURG o. Z The University OF Pennsylvania expert 4 heed no difficulty in defeating Gettys- q lrg college at Philadelphia yesterday. n he final score was 36 TO o. l a

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 51% to win. Amherst won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 2–⁠2–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1905Holy Cross 9, Amherst 0
1904Amherst 40, Holy Cross 6
1903Holy Cross 36, Amherst 0
1902Amherst 29, Holy Cross 5
1897Holy Cross 6, Amherst 6

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