Holy Cross vs. Wesleyan (CT)

Holy Cross and Wesleyan (CT) first met in 1898 and have played 4 times; Wesleyan (CT) leads the series 3–⁠1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Wesleyan (CT) 3–⁠1.

Holy Cross wins
1
Wesleyan (CT) wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1898
Longest streak
3 Wesleyan (CT)
Current streak
1 Holy Cross
Last 10 meetings
Wesleyan (CT) 3–⁠1
Most recent
1903

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠2
1900s1–⁠1
Average margin
10 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Wesleyan (CT)
3–⁠1 Wesleyan (CT)‘s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Holy Cross and Wesleyan (CT), 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 The Washington times's story of the 1903 game: WESLEYAN LOSES GAME TO HOLY CROSS TEAM

    1903 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 11, 1903

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 10, 1903Holy Cross 11, Wesleyan (CT) 5at Wesleyan (CT)
Nov 10, 1900Wesleyan (CT) 11, Holy Cross 5at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 28, 1899Wesleyan (CT) 16, Holy Cross 0at Wesleyan (CT)
Oct 12, 1898Wesleyan (CT) 12, Holy Cross 0at Wesleyan (CT)

Every game is listed as played on the field.