Colgate vs. Holy Cross

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Colgate’s biggest win2017: Colgate 45, Holy Cross 7by 38 points
2. Holy Cross’s biggest win2023: Holy Cross 47, Colgate 7by 40 points
3. Upset1978: Holy Cross 27, Colgate 14Holy Cross had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1948: Colgate 14, Holy Cross 13Colgate had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2010: Holy Cross 31, Colgate 24Holy Cross had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colgate’s side (Kerr 1–⁠4 against Anderson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1917 · Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Nov 5, 1917

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  1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 28, 1935

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  1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 8, 1936

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  1938 · Evening star, Oct 30, 1938

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  1940 · The Nome nugget, Nov 4, 1940

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Colgate vs. Cornell90 meetings, Colgate 39–⁠48–⁠3
• Colgate vs. Syracuse61 meetings, Colgate 25–⁠32–⁠4
• Colgate vs. Bucknell55 meetings, Colgate 42–⁠13
• Colgate vs. Brown52 meetings, Colgate 25–⁠20–⁠7
• Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth60 meetings, Holy Cross 25–⁠31–⁠4
• Holy Cross vs. Harvard57 meetings, Holy Cross 16–⁠40–⁠1
• Holy Cross vs. Boston College55 meetings, Holy Cross 19–⁠36
• Holy Cross vs. Brown49 meetings, Holy Cross 24–⁠23–⁠2