Columbia vs. Holy Cross
Columbia and Holy Cross first met in 1947 and have played 5 times; Holy Cross leads the series 4–1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Holy Cross 4–1, and Holy Cross has won the last 4. Share
- Columbia wins
- 1
- Holy Cross wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1947
- Longest streak
- 4 Holy Cross
- Current streak
- 4 Holy Cross
- Last 10 meetings
- Holy Cross 4–1
- Most recent
- 1981
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–2 |
- Average margin
- 19.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Columbia
- 1–3 Columbia’s record at home
- At Holy Cross
- 1–0 Holy Cross’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Columbia’s biggest win1947: Columbia 10, Holy Cross 0by 10 points
- Holy Cross’s biggest win1959: Holy Cross 34, Columbia 0by 34 points
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers

1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1947
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
| Oct 31, 1981 | Holy Cross 14, Columbia 7 | at Holy Cross | ||
| Nov 1, 1980 | Holy Cross 26, Columbia 0 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 22, 1960 | Holy Cross 27, Columbia 6 | at Columbia | ||
| Oct 24, 1959 | Holy Cross 34, Columbia 0 | at Columbia | ||
| Nov 15, 1947 | Columbia 10, Holy Cross 0 | at Columbia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.