Lafayette at Boston College

Saturday, October 28, 1922

Lafayette beat Boston College 19–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayLafayette7–⁠2 in 1922
19
HomeBoston College1–⁠1 in 1922
0

FinalHigh 48°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: Lafayette Wins Rough Game From Boston College, 1910 O'Connell Ruled Off Field for Losing Temper.

    The New York herald, New York, October 29, 1922, page 52

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    Lafayette Wins Rough Game From Boston College, 1910 O’Connell Ruled Off Field for Losing Temper. Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALn BOSTON, Oct. 2S.--Lafayette defeated Boston College at Braves Field this afternoon by IL to 0 in one of the toughest football games seen here in long time Lafayette once lost half the distance TO her goal line when M. O’Conner, the right end, lost his temper in the third period and was ruled off the field. Lafayette could have rolled up much larger score being on the verge OF scoring several times. but lacking the punch to carry through. The lineup:

  • The Evening star's story: LAFAYETTE. WINS, 1870, OVER BOSTON COLLEGE

    Evening star, October 29, 1922, page 69

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    LAFAYETTE. WINS, 1870, OVER BOSTON COLLEGE BOSTON, October 2s.-Boston Col lege could not cope with the powerful Lafayette combination today. and was defeated IL to 0. Lafayette scored in the first period taking the ball down the field on criss-cross play. In the last period at f5-yard penalty was imposed on Boston College for put the ball on the colleges 12-yard line, where Brunner went through right tackle for touchdown. Brunner failed to kick goal after hofh fouchdownS.

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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Lafayette 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lafayette leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Boston College