Holy Cross at Tufts
Saturday, November 21, 1903 Share
Holy Cross beat Tufts 32–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 5–3.
FinalHigh 37°F, low 14°F
In the newspapers
Waterbury evening Democrat, Connecticut, November 27, 1903, page 9
Read the text
Holy Cross Beats Tufts BOSTON, Nov. 27.-Before crowd that nearly filled the big grand stand at the American League grounds, on Huntington avenue, the Holy Cross college football eleven defeated the Tufts college team by a score of 32 to 0.
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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Tufts gameHoly Cross leads 8–3 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1943 | Holy Cross 41, Tufts 0 | |
| 1905 | Holy Cross 12, Tufts 2 | |
| 1904 | Holy Cross 34, Tufts 0 | |
| 1903 | Holy Cross 32, Tufts 0 | |
| 1903 | Holy Cross 6, Tufts 5 | |
| 1902 | Tufts 11, Holy Cross 5 |
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. MassachusettsSept. 24, 1904
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1903
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Tufts
- Next gameat ExeterNov. 26, 1903
- SeasonTufts in 1903
- ProgramTufts history and records