Boston College at Navy

Saturday, October 6, 1928

Boston College beat Navy 6–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBoston College3–⁠0 in 1928
6
HomeNavy5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1928
0

FinalHigh 71°F, low 56°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: M|DD|ES DEFEATED BY 6-TOO COUNT Boston College Triumphs on Score by Weston in First Period.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1928, page 77

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    M|DD|ES DEFEATED BY 6-TOO COUNT Boston College Triumphs on Score by Weston in First Period. A NNAPOLIS, Nd, OCTOBER g. n The Navy foot ball team lost “A it’s second game of the season 4 A today, Boston College being the victors in hard-fought game, 6 to 0. Bcston’s points were made in the first quarter, Weston, a remarkable back, carrying the ball over the line, but failing at try for placement goal, the ball striking post. The playing of Weston was the out standing feature of the game, and it is unlikely that any one who saw the contest ever saw a back who could shake off tacklers and get out of apparently sealed traps as he could With the exception of a 40-yard run by Creedon. which put Boston in a position to score, Weston was the only material gamer for Boston. Weston hurt his leg late in the Sec ond quarter and left the field. He limped back for part of the fourth quarter, but was unable to do himself justice. Outside of Weston’s work, the out standing feature was the fine fight made by a second-string Navy team which played the whole of the third

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: Navy Bea. 6 to 0 BY Boston College

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 7, 1928, page 1

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    Navy Bea. 6 to 0 BY Boston College ANNAPOLIS. Nd. Oct. 6.-(Pl- Navy’s football ship was scuttled again today. this time by Boston college. s TO 0. The B~ostonians scored late in the first period and then held the Middies at critical times TO maintain their advantage which came with Weston’s touch down. The Bostonians held the Middies and stopped Lloyd. Nays star back before he could get started. II was not until the third quarter thai Navy showed anything like n chancs 70 win.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 8, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of im- portant football games played last Saturday afternoon:, University of Washington [; Whitman 0. Southern California 19; Oregon State 0. Idaho 6; Gonzaga o. Ohio Wesleyan IT; Michigan T. Yale 27 Maine 0. Harvard 16; Springfield 0. Wisconsin 26; Notre Dame 6. Boston College 6; Navy 0. Stanford 26; Oregon 0. Washington State 26; Montana G.. Princeton 50; Vermont O.. Utah 32; Nevada T. Brigham [; California Aggies G.. Utah Aggies 54 Montana Mines 0. California I; St. Mary’s o. Minnesota 40; Creighton 0. Iowa 26; Montmouth 0. Penn State 12: Gettysburg 0. Columbia 27; Union 0. Northwestern IA; Butler O. Centre ‘; Tennessee 41. LET Almquisr Press -Four Suit. We call and deliver. Phone 528,

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)

Navy 70% to win. Boston College pulled the upset.

Boston College leads 18–⁠11 in 29 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2006Boston College 25, Navy 24Meineke Car Care Bowl
2002Boston College 46, Navy 21
2001Boston College 38, Navy 21
2000Boston College 48, Navy 7
1999Boston College 14, Navy 10
1998Navy 32, Boston College 31

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