Marquette at Holy Cross
Sunday, November 18, 1956 Share
Holy Cross beat Marquette 41–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Marquette led the series 5–4–1.
FinalHigh 36°F, low 25°F, 0.2 in. of snow
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 19, 1956, page 56
Read the text
Holy Cross Rout Piles Troubles on Marquette WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. 1e F1 Only the Boston College game December remains on the schedule after Holy Cross chalked up its fourth victory of the season yesterday in handing hapless Marquette its ninth straight football defeat. 41-O. Coach Eddie Anderson cleared his bench. using every able play er, as the Crusaders applied the clincher to the worst season in history for Marquette. The Crusaders capitalized on a poor punt, a bad pass from center and two fumbles for four of their first five touchdowns. Fullback Dick Surrette started
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 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Marquette–Holy Cross gameHoly Cross leads 7–6–1 in 14 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1960 | Holy Cross 20, Marquette 0 | |
| 1959 | Marquette 30, Holy Cross 12 | |
| 1958 | Holy Cross 14, Marquette 0 | |
| 1957 | Holy Cross 26, Marquette 7 | |
| 1956 | Holy Cross 41, Marquette 0 | |
| 1955 | Marquette 18, Holy Cross 6 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gameat Detroit MercySept. 21, 1957
- SeasonMarquette in 1956
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeDec. 1, 1956
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1956
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
