Holy Cross vs. Temple

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

1. Holy Cross’s biggest win1943: Holy Cross 42, Temple 6by 36 points
2. Temple’s biggest win1974: Temple 56, Holy Cross 0by 56 points
3. Upset1970: Temple 23, Holy Cross 13Temple had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1945: Temple 14, Holy Cross 6Temple had a 26% 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 1–⁠2–⁠1 against Warner). 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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  1938 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 6, 1938

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  1940 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1940

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  1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 16, 1942

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  1945 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 18, 1945

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  1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 6, 1947

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
• Temple vs. Penn State46 meetings, Temple 4–⁠41–⁠1
• Temple vs. Rutgers39 meetings, Temple 16–⁠23
• Temple vs. Boston College39 meetings, Temple 7–⁠30–⁠2
• Temple vs. Syracuse37 meetings, Temple 10–⁠26–⁠1