Holy Cross at Princeton

Saturday, November 5, 1910

Princeton beat Holy Cross 17–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayHoly Cross0–⁠2 in 1910
0
HomePrinceton7–⁠1 in 1910
17

FinalHigh 54°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: PRINCETON WINS, IL TO o. Tigers Not Up to Best Form in Defeat ing Holy Cross.

    Norwich bulletin, Norwich, Conn., November 7, 1910, page 3

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    PRINCETON WINS, IL TO o. Tigers Not Up to Best Form in Defeat ing Holy Cross. Princeton defeated Holy Cross at football at Princeton on Saturday L to 0. The score, however, would have been larger, if Princeton had play ed up to its usual form The Princeton team made frequent fumbles. We’re in accurate in their tack4ing. and III only one instance were a BILE to push the bah over on straight line plungipg. three minutes of play. In the second period. after some punting. Pendleton made . pretty for ward pass to Dunlsp. The speedy Princeton end took the hall and eIuded three Holy Cross tsckIers who got their hands on him. F7e ran 80 yards for the second touchdown. Pendleton kicked both goals. Princeton’s final score was in the third period, after Captain Hart block ed q, punt. The Eneups Princeton-White, Bredemus, left end; McGregor. left tackle; Wilson, Winants, left guard; Biuenthenthal center; Mccormick, right guard; Clark. Ellsworth. BisseIl Mclean, right tackle; Dunlap, right end; Bal lou, Chrystie. quarterback; Pendleton, Rard, left halfback; Sparks, Sawyer, right halfback; Hart. fu1fback. Holy Cross-Joy, left end; Ostergeir, left tackle; Davitt. Mccarthy, left guard; Mrnahan, center; Collins. right guard. Tobn, right tackle; Metervier, right end: Whalen, Mahoney, Quarterback; Sullivan, left halfback; Cannon, right halfback; Cashen. full back

  • The Evening star's story: TIGERS TRIUMPHANT Play Poorly, But Manage to Defeat Holy Cross, II to o. MANY FUMBLES BY VICT0RS Princeton's First Touchdown Came in the Initial Three Minutes of Play. MANY FUMBLES BY VICT0RS

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1910, page 59

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    TIGERS TRIUMPHANT Play Poorly, But Manage to Defeat Holy Cross, II to o. MANY FUMBLES BY VICT0RS Princeton’s First Touchdown Came in the Initial Three Minutes of Play. MANY FUMBLES BY VICT0RS PRINCETON. n. j., November s. Princeton defeated Holy Cross here this afternoon, II to o. The Princeton team made frequent fumbles, was inaccurate in its tackling and in only one instance was able to push the ball over on straight line plunging. The first touchdown came in the first three minutes Of play. Holy Cross punted and Pendleton made eight yards ON q line plunge. Following this Sparks broke loose and tore of thirty-ive yards more. Capt. Hart then plunged through for touchdown. In the second period Pendleton made pretty forward pass to Dunlap. The Princeton end took the ball and eluded three Holy Cross tacklers who got their hands on him. He ran thirty yards for the second touchdown. Pendleton kicked both goals. ,Princeton’s final score was in the third period. Punting and line rushing had taken the ball to Holy Cross ten-yard line, where Princeton lost it on downs. Holy Cross Vas penalized and Capt. Joy dropped back of his own goal line to punt. Capt. Hart broke through, blocked the kick and McGregor fell on it. PEN dleton missed the goal. The lineup:

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: PRINCETON DEFEATS HOLY CROSS

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 6, 1910, page 1

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    PRINCETON DEFEATS HOLY CROSS PRINCETON, Nov. Especial Telegram )--Holy Cross met defeat before Princeton today IN a score Of n 20 O.. Holy Cross has a strong foot ball team this year. having held Yale 20 twelve dried today and the game was played under favorable conditions. PRINCETON HOLY Gross

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)

Princeton 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1916Princeton 21, Holy Cross 0
1913Princeton 54, Holy Cross 0
1911Princeton 20, Holy Cross 0
1910Princeton 17, Holy Cross 0

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