Holy Cross vs. Providence
Holy Cross and Providence first met in 1936 and have played 6 times; Holy Cross leads the series 6–0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Holy Cross 6–0, and Holy Cross has won the last 6. Share
- Holy Cross wins
- 6
- Providence wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1936
- Longest streak
- 6 Holy Cross
- Current streak
- 6 Holy Cross
- Last 10 meetings
- Holy Cross 6–0
- Most recent
- 1941
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 22.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Holy Cross
- 6–0 Holy Cross’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Holy Cross’s biggest win1939: Holy Cross 46, Providence 0by 46 points
Both programs through the years
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
1939 · The Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury, Conn., Nov 9, 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 4, 1941 | Holy Cross 13, Providence 0 | at Holy Cross | ||
| Sep 28, 1940 | Holy Cross 34, Providence 6 | at Holy Cross | ||
| Nov 4, 1939 | Holy Cross 46, Providence 0 | at Holy Cross | ||
| Sep 24, 1938 | Holy Cross 28, Providence 0 | at Holy Cross | ||
| Oct 2, 1937 | Holy Cross 7, Providence 0 | at Holy Cross | ||
| Oct 3, 1936 | Holy Cross 21, Providence 6 | at Holy Cross |
Every game is listed as played on the field.