Georgia vs. Holy Cross

Georgia and Holy Cross have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1937; Holy Cross leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Holy Cross 3–⁠0, and Holy Cross has won the last 3.

Georgia wins
0
Holy Cross wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1937
Longest streak
3 Holy Cross
Current streak
3 Holy Cross
Last 10 meetings
Holy Cross 3–⁠0
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠3
Average margin
12.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia
0–⁠1 Georgia’s record at home
At Holy Cross
2–⁠0 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 Georgia and Holy Cross, 1937 on1300150017001900194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 1937 game

    1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 17, 1937

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1939 game: FoorBALL SCORES

    1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 16, 1939

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 14, 1939Holy Cross 13, Georgia 0at Georgia
Oct 26, 193814Holy Cross 29, Georgia 6at Holy Cross
Oct 16, 1937Holy Cross 7, Georgia 6at Holy Cross

Every game is listed as played on the field.