Dayton vs. Holy Cross

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

1. Dayton’s biggest win1956: Dayton 14, Holy Cross 13by 1 points
2. Holy Cross’s biggest win1960: Holy Cross 36, Dayton 6by 30 points
3. Upset1956: Dayton 14, Holy Cross 13Dayton had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Dayton’s side (Kerr 1–⁠3 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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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 1, 1956

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.

• Dayton vs. Drake22 meetings, Dayton 14–⁠8
• Dayton vs. Butler22 meetings, Dayton 14–⁠8
• Dayton vs. Miami (OH)22 meetings, Dayton 3–⁠17–⁠2
• Dayton vs. Louisville21 meetings, Dayton 9–⁠12
• Holy Cross vs. Colgate67 meetings, Holy Cross 30–⁠32–⁠5
• 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