Duke at Boston College
Saturday, October 1, 1927 Share
Duke beat Boston College 25–9. It was their first meeting; after it, Duke led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 86°F, low 65°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 2, 1927, page 81
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DUKE HANDS A JOLT TO BOSTON COLLEGE BOSTON. October / GAo}.--Duke Uni versity of Durham, y. e.. defeated Boston College, - to ., at Fenw1y Park today. John Jank oski. plunGing fullback OF The Southerners, scored four touch downs, two in each half Of the game. The deceptive cross cross and pass ing attack OF Duke wrought havoc with the Boston defense. Three Duke backs. Buie, Jankoski and Adams. were the stars OF the visiting eleven. The Boston scores came on safety after blocked kick and a touchdown By Weston.
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)
Boston College 72% to win. Duke pulled the upset.
The series
Every Duke–Boston College gameBoston College leads 5–4 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 2022 | Duke 38, Boston College 31 | |
| 2020 | Boston College 26, Duke 6 | |
| 2015 | Duke 9, Boston College 7 | |
| 2011 | Duke 20, Boston College 19 | |
| 2010 | Boston College 21, Duke 16 | |
| 2006 | Boston College 28, Duke 7 |
Around this game
Duke
- Next gameat Washington and LeeOct. 8, 1927
- SeasonDuke in 1927
- ProgramDuke history and records
Boston College
- Next gamevs. GeorgetownNov. 12, 1927
- SeasonBoston College in 1927
- ProgramBoston College history and records

