Indiana at Boston College

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1938, page 25

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  0’Rourke Sparks Win Of Boston College Over Indiana New Star Spurs Eagles To l4–⁠0 Triumph With Long Scoring Run BOSTON, Nov. 5.-The Gold spangled Boston College Eagles today retained their unbeaten status by drubbing the hapless Hoosiers of Indiana, 40. in an intersectional classic before $4,000 rooters. Spanked in the second period by Sophomore Charley ORourke, Gil Dobie’s latest backfield find. the powerful Eagles scored on a 7-yard spinner play by Pete Cignetti, and then came back in the final chapter as Ed Cowhig. sub halfback. intercepted Hoosier aerial and streaked “a yards for another score. Al Horsfall. sub quarterback, place-kicked both points. O’Rourke Starts Action. Neither team threatened to cross pay dirt in the opening period, but Immediately after O’Rourke replaced Fella Gintoff in the second, B. c. took new lease of life. The talented triple threaten raced 10 yards from kick formation, and then ripped off 81 yards in a nifty exhibition of broken field running. Cignetti plunged for 3, and ORourke passed to Horsfall for 10 yards, putting the ball on Indiana’s Z from where Cignetti scored. Later in the period ORourke tossed an accurate end-zone pass to Cowhig, which the latter let slip through his fingers, but Cow hig atoned for the error with his touchdown romp in the fourth quarter.

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Boston College leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.