Holy Cross at Yale
Wednesday, October 14, 1903 Share
Yale beat Holy Cross 36–10. It was their first meeting; after it, Yale led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 49°F
In the newspapers

The Montgomery advertiser, October 15, 1903, page 10
Read the text
ON THE GRIDIRoN. New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 14.-The Holy Cross foot ball eleven furnished a sensa- tion on Yale field today by playing the most spectacular game of the season and scoring ten points against Yale. The ten points credited to Holy Cross were scored on goals kicked from the field by Reed durin gthe early part of the second half. During the remainder of the half Holy Cross rushed the ball far better than Yale, and once Mccarthy nearly got a clear field to the goal after bucking his way through for twenty yards. The final score was: Yale, 36; Holy Cross, 10. Princeton. N. J.. Oct. 14.aThe Prince ton players had to meet a hard game to- day. but played rather indlfferently, SCOT ing only 12 points against Lehigh. The visitors played progressively and three held for downs four times, made three f,lmbies at critical moments and was penalized for holding several times.
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)
Yale 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Yale gameYale leads 22–7 in 29 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
| 2026 | Yale 38, Holy Cross 28 | |
| 2025 | Yale 28, Holy Cross 10 | |
| 2024 | Yale 38, Holy Cross 31 | |
| 2023 | Holy Cross 49, Yale 24 | |
| 2022 | Holy Cross 38, Yale 14 | |
| 2021 | Holy Cross 20, Yale 17 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. TuftsOct. 17, 1903
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1903
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. Penn StateOct. 17, 1903
- SeasonYale in 1903
- ProgramYale history and records

