Duquesne vs. Holy Cross

Duquesne and Holy Cross have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1942; Duquesne leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Duquesne 3–⁠1, and Duquesne has won the last 2.

Duquesne wins
3
Holy Cross wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1942
Longest streak
2 Duquesne
Current streak
2 Duquesne
Last 10 meetings
Duquesne 3–⁠1
Most recent
2004

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s2–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
Average margin
19.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duquesne
0–⁠1 Duquesne’s record at home
At Holy Cross
0–⁠3 Holy Cross’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Duquesne and Holy Cross, 1942 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1942 game: .Duquesne 0verpowers Holy Cross 10 Bag 18Th Win in Row

    1942 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 4, 1942

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game

    1948 · Evening star, Nov 7, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Holy Cross Crushed By Duquesne, 40.14

    1949 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 16, 1949

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

Sep 4, 2004Duquesne 31, Holy Cross 7at Holy Cross
Oct 15, 1949Duquesne 40, Holy Cross 14at Holy Cross
Nov 6, 1948Holy Cross 16, Duquesne 13at Duquesne
Oct 3, 1942Duquesne 25, Holy Cross 0at Holy Cross

Every game is listed as played on the field.