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Holy Cross vs Temple Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Holy Cross and Temple.

PROGRAM ONEHoly Cross12 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD12–9–2WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOTemple9 recorded wins
23Recorded meetings
1934Earliest documented
1974Most recent season
2Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

23 games
  1. 1934
    Holy Cross0 — 14Temple
    Nov 3, 1934Temple won
  2. 1936
    Holy Cross0 — 3Temple
    Oct 31, 1936Temple won
  3. 1937
    Holy Cross0 — 0Temple
    Oct 30, 1937Tie
  4. 1938
    Holy Cross33 — 0Temple
    Nov 5, 1938Holy Cross won
  5. 1939
    Holy Cross14 — 0Temple
    Nov 11, 1939Holy Cross won
  6. 1940
    Holy Cross6 — 6Temple
    Nov 16, 1940Tie
  7. 1941
    Holy Cross13 — 31Temple
    Nov 22, 1941Temple won
  8. 1942
    Holy Cross13 — 0Temple
    Nov 14, 1942Holy Cross won
  9. 1943
    Holy Cross42 — 6Temple
    Nov 6, 1943Holy Cross won
  10. 1944
    Holy Cross30 — 0Temple
    Oct 7, 1944Holy Cross won
  11. 1945
    Holy Cross6 — 14Temple
    Nov 17, 1945Temple won
  12. 1946
    Holy Cross12 — 7Temple
    Nov 23, 1946Holy Cross won
  13. 1947
    Holy Cross19 — 13Temple
    Oct 4, 1947Holy Cross won
  14. 1948
    Holy Cross13 — 7Temple
    Nov 20, 1948Holy Cross won
  15. 1949
    Holy Cross7 — 20Temple
    Nov 19, 1949Temple won
  16. 1950
    Holy Cross26 — 21Temple
    Nov 25, 1950Holy Cross won
  17. 1951
    Holy Cross41 — 7Temple
    Nov 24, 1951Holy Cross won
  18. 1952
    Holy Cross28 — 0Temple
    Nov 22, 1952Holy Cross won
  19. 1955
    Holy Cross42 — 7Temple
    Sep 24, 1955Holy Cross won
  20. 1970
    Holy Cross13 — 23Temple
    Sep 26, 1970Temple won
  21. 1972
    Holy Cross7 — 15Temple
    Sep 30, 1972Temple won
  22. 1973
    Holy Cross34 — 63Temple
    Sep 29, 1973Temple won
  23. 1974
    Holy Cross0 — 56Temple
    Oct 19, 1974Temple won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1974Holy Cross vs Temple0–56Temple won
1973Holy Cross vs Temple34–63Temple won
1972Holy Cross vs Temple7–15Temple won
1970Holy Cross vs Temple13–23Temple won
1955Holy Cross vs Temple42–7Holy Cross won
1952Holy Cross vs Temple28–0Holy Cross won
1951Holy Cross vs Temple41–7Holy Cross won
1950Holy Cross vs Temple26–21Holy Cross won
1949Holy Cross vs Temple7–20Temple won
1948Holy Cross vs Temple13–7Holy Cross won
1947Holy Cross vs Temple19–13Holy Cross won
1946Holy Cross vs Temple12–7Holy Cross won
1945Holy Cross vs Temple6–14Temple won
1944Holy Cross vs Temple30–0Holy Cross won
1943Holy Cross vs Temple42–6Holy Cross won
1942Holy Cross vs Temple13–0Holy Cross won
1941Holy Cross vs Temple13–31Temple won
1940Holy Cross vs Temple6–6Tie
1939Holy Cross vs Temple14–0Holy Cross won
1938Holy Cross vs Temple33–0Holy Cross won
1937Holy Cross vs Temple0–0Tie
1936Holy Cross vs Temple0–3Temple won
1934Holy Cross vs Temple0–14Temple won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.