Holy Cross vs. Tufts

Holy Cross and Tufts first met in 1898 and have played 11 times; Holy Cross leads the series 8–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Holy Cross 7–⁠3, and Holy Cross has won the last 5.

Holy Cross wins
8
Tufts wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1898
Longest streak
5 Holy Cross
Current streak
5 Holy Cross
Last 10 meetings
Holy Cross 7–⁠3
Most recent
1943

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠1
1900s6–⁠2
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
17.1 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Holy Cross
6–⁠1 Holy Cross’s record at home
At Tufts
2–⁠2 Tufts’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Holy Cross’s biggest win1943: Holy Cross 41, Tufts 0by 41 points
  2. Tufts’s biggest win1900: Tufts 27, Holy Cross 0by 27 points
  3. Upset1899: Tufts 6, Holy Cross 0Tufts had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Holy Cross and Tufts, 1898 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1901 game: CITY NEWS.

    1901 · Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Oct 22, 1901

  • The Waterbury evening Democrat's story of the 1903 game: Holy Cross Beats Tufts

    1903 · Waterbury evening Democrat, Connecticut, Nov 27, 1903

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1904 game: HOLY CROSS PROVES TOO MUCH FOR TUFTS Georgetown's Rivals Put It All Over OPponents-Wsn By Score Of 81 30 o.

    1904 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 16, 1904

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 20, 1943Holy Cross 41, Tufts 0at Tufts
Nov 18, 1905Holy Cross 12, Tufts 2at Holy Cross
Oct 15, 1904Holy Cross 34, Tufts 0at Holy Cross
Nov 21, 1903Holy Cross 32, Tufts 0at Tufts
Oct 17, 1903Holy Cross 6, Tufts 5at Holy Cross
Nov 1, 1902Tufts 11, Holy Cross 5at Tufts
Nov 23, 1901Holy Cross 17, Tufts 5at Holy Cross
Oct 19, 1901Holy Cross 12, Tufts 5at Holy Cross
Nov 24, 1900Tufts 27, Holy Cross 0at Tufts
Nov 18, 1899Tufts 6, Holy Cross 0at Holy Cross
Oct 29, 1898Holy Cross 12, Tufts 0at Holy Cross

Every game is listed as played on the field.