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Holy Cross vs Massachusetts Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEHoly Cross12 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD12–16–2WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOMassachusetts16 recorded wins
30Recorded meetings
1891Earliest documented
2011Most 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.

30 games
  1. 1891
    Holy Cross6 — 16Massachusetts
    Nov 26, 1891Massachusetts won
  2. 1899
    Holy Cross11 — 0Massachusetts
    Sep 23, 1899Holy Cross won
  3. 1900
    Holy Cross6 — 0Massachusetts
    Sep 22, 1900Holy Cross won
  4. 1901
    Holy Cross0 — 17Massachusetts
    Sep 28, 1901Massachusetts won
  5. 1902
    Holy Cross0 — 0Massachusetts
    Sep 27, 1902Tie
  6. 1903
    Holy Cross6 — 0Massachusetts
    Sep 19, 1903Holy Cross won
  7. 1904
    Holy Cross0 — 0Massachusetts
    Sep 24, 1904Tie
  8. 1905
    Holy Cross17 — 0Massachusetts
    Sep 30, 1905Holy Cross won
  9. 1906
    Holy Cross6 — 4Massachusetts
    Sep 22, 1906Holy Cross won
  10. 1961
    Holy Cross44 — 7Massachusetts
    Nov 11, 1961Holy Cross won
  11. 1964
    Holy Cross6 — 25Massachusetts
    Nov 7, 1964Massachusetts won
  12. 1965
    Holy Cross0 — 27Massachusetts
    Nov 6, 1965Massachusetts won
  13. 1966
    Holy Cross16 — 14Massachusetts
    Nov 5, 1966Holy Cross won
  14. 1968
    Holy Cross47 — 20Massachusetts
    Nov 9, 1968Holy Cross won
  15. 1970
    Holy Cross13 — 29Massachusetts
    Nov 7, 1970Massachusetts won
  16. 1971
    Holy Cross27 — 38Massachusetts
    Nov 6, 1971Massachusetts won
  17. 1972
    Holy Cross28 — 16Massachusetts
    Nov 4, 1972Holy Cross won
  18. 1973
    Holy Cross30 — 28Massachusetts
    Sep 8, 1973Holy Cross won
  19. 1974
    Holy Cross30 — 20Massachusetts
    Nov 9, 1974Holy Cross won
  20. 1975
    Holy Cross13 — 45Massachusetts
    Nov 8, 1975Massachusetts won
  21. 1976
    Holy Cross14 — 21Massachusetts
    Nov 6, 1976Massachusetts won
  22. 1977
    Holy Cross6 — 28Massachusetts
    Nov 5, 1977Massachusetts won
  23. 1978
    Holy Cross8 — 33Massachusetts
    Nov 11, 1978Massachusetts won
  24. 1979
    Holy Cross20 — 18Massachusetts
    Nov 10, 1979Holy Cross won
  25. 1980
    Holy Cross13 — 17Massachusetts
    Nov 8, 1980Massachusetts won
  26. 1981
    Holy Cross10 — 13Massachusetts
    Sep 19, 1981Massachusetts won
  27. 2007
    Holy Cross30 — 40Massachusetts
    Sep 1, 2007Massachusetts won
  28. 2008
    Holy Cross42 — 45Massachusetts
    Sep 6, 2008Massachusetts wonFitton Field
  29. 2010
    Holy Cross7 — 31Massachusetts
    Sep 11, 2010Massachusetts won
  30. 2011
    Holy Cross16 — 24Massachusetts
    Sep 2, 2011Massachusetts wonFitton Field
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2011Holy Cross vs Massachusetts16–24Massachusetts won
2010Holy Cross vs Massachusetts7–31Massachusetts won
2008Holy Cross vs Massachusetts42–45Massachusetts won
2007Holy Cross vs Massachusetts30–40Massachusetts won
1981Holy Cross vs Massachusetts10–13Massachusetts won
1980Holy Cross vs Massachusetts13–17Massachusetts won
1979Holy Cross vs Massachusetts20–18Holy Cross won
1978Holy Cross vs Massachusetts8–33Massachusetts won
1977Holy Cross vs Massachusetts6–28Massachusetts won
1976Holy Cross vs Massachusetts14–21Massachusetts won
1975Holy Cross vs Massachusetts13–45Massachusetts won
1974Holy Cross vs Massachusetts30–20Holy Cross won
1973Holy Cross vs Massachusetts30–28Holy Cross won
1972Holy Cross vs Massachusetts28–16Holy Cross won
1971Holy Cross vs Massachusetts27–38Massachusetts won
1970Holy Cross vs Massachusetts13–29Massachusetts won
1968Holy Cross vs Massachusetts47–20Holy Cross won
1966Holy Cross vs Massachusetts16–14Holy Cross won
1965Holy Cross vs Massachusetts0–27Massachusetts won
1964Holy Cross vs Massachusetts6–25Massachusetts won
1961Holy Cross vs Massachusetts44–7Holy Cross won
1906Holy Cross vs Massachusetts6–4Holy Cross won
1905Holy Cross vs Massachusetts17–0Holy Cross won
1904Holy Cross vs Massachusetts0–0Tie
1903Holy Cross vs Massachusetts6–0Holy Cross won
1902Holy Cross vs Massachusetts0–0Tie
1901Holy Cross vs Massachusetts0–17Massachusetts won
1900Holy Cross vs Massachusetts6–0Holy Cross won
1899Holy Cross vs Massachusetts11–0Holy Cross won
1891Holy Cross vs Massachusetts6–16Massachusetts 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.