Holy Cross vs. Villanova

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

1. Holy Cross’s biggest win1944: Holy Cross 26, Villanova 0by 26 points
2. Villanova’s biggest win1976: Villanova 56, Holy Cross 21by 35 points
3. Upset1967: Villanova 23, Holy Cross 14Villanova had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Holy Cross’s side (DaGrosa 1–⁠2 against Olivar). 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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  1943 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Nov 15, 1943

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  1944 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 16, 1944

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  1946 · Evening star, Oct 13, 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
• Villanova vs. Boston College42 meetings, Villanova 14–⁠27–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Delaware40 meetings, Villanova 26–⁠13–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Detroit Mercy32 meetings, Villanova 18–⁠12–⁠2
• Villanova vs. Temple32 meetings, Villanova 15–⁠16–⁠1