Marquette at Holy Cross

Sunday, November 18, 1956

Holy Cross beat Marquette 41–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Marquette led the series 5–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayMarquette0–⁠9 in 1956
0
HomeHoly Cross5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
41

FinalHigh 36°F, low 25°F, 0.2 in. of snow

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Holy Cross Rout Piles Troubles on Marquette

    Evening star, November 19, 1956, page 56

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    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.

Holy Cross leads 7–⁠6–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Holy Cross 20, Marquette 0
1959Marquette 30, Holy Cross 12
1958Holy Cross 14, Marquette 0
1957Holy Cross 26, Marquette 7
1956Holy Cross 41, Marquette 0
1955Marquette 18, Holy Cross 6

Around this game

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