Holy Cross vs. Syracuse

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

1. Holy Cross’s biggest win1948: Holy Cross 33, Syracuse 7by 26 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1963: Syracuse 48, Holy Cross 0by 48 points
3. Upset1957: Holy Cross 20, Syracuse 19Holy Cross had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1946: Syracuse 21, Holy Cross 12Syracuse had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1973: Syracuse 5, Holy Cross 3Syracuse had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Holy Cross’s side (Anderson 2–⁠12 against Schwartzwalder). 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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  1905 · New-York tribune, Nov 12, 1905

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  1920 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 31, 1920

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  1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 13, 1941

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  1942 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1942

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  1946 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Oct 23, 1946

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
• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4