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Holy Cross vs. Manhattan

Holy Cross and Manhattan first met in 1936 and have played 6 times; Holy Cross leads the series 5–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Holy Cross 5–⁠0.

Holy Cross wins
5
Manhattan wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1936
Longest streak
4 Holy Cross
Current streak
1 Holy Cross
Last 10 meetings
Holy Cross 5–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s3–⁠0
1940s2–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
13.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Holy Cross
5–⁠0–⁠1 Holy Cross’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Holy Cross’s biggest win1942: Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0by 28 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Holy Cross and Manhattan, 1936 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1938 game: FOOT BALL M {A{5SW{5TS Ne

    1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 10, 1938

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1940 game: [E3}!3|]||

    1940 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 25, 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

Nov 21, 1942Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0at Holy Cross
Nov 15, 1941Holy Cross 13, Manhattan 13at Holy Cross
Nov 23, 1940Holy Cross 33, Manhattan 25at Holy Cross
Sep 30, 1939Holy Cross 28, Manhattan 0at Holy Cross
Oct 8, 1938Holy Cross 19, Manhattan 6at Holy Cross
Oct 17, 1936Holy Cross 13, Manhattan 7at Holy Cross

Every game is listed as played on the field.