Holy Cross vs. Penn State

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

1. Penn State’s biggest win1959: Penn State 46, Holy Cross 0by 46 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Holy Cross’s side (Anderson 0–⁠9 against Engle). 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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  1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 7, 1954

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 14, 1956

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  1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 1957

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  1959 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1959

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.

• 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
• Penn State vs. Pittsburgh99 meetings, Penn State 52–⁠43–⁠4
• Penn State vs. Syracuse71 meetings, Penn State 43–⁠23–⁠5
• Penn State vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Penn State 50–⁠9–⁠2
• Penn State vs. Maryland48 meetings, Penn State 44–⁠3–⁠1