Temple at Boston College
Saturday, October 21, 1939 Share
Boston College beat Temple 19–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1–2.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 46°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 13,300
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1939, page 8 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final grid scores of football games played on the nations grids this afternoon as received up to o’clock: University of Washington 2: Ore gon State 13. Carnegie O; New York U 6. Notre Dame IA; Navy ‘. Duquesne 2l; Pittsburgh 13. Princeton IA; Columbia ‘. Penn 2; Harvard 2. Yale 20; Army 15. Syracuse 6; Duke 33. North Carolina IA; Tulane IA, tie. Ohio State 8; Minnesota 20. Lafayette 0; Dartmouth IA. Holy Cross 20; Brown 0. Penn State 0; Cornell AT. North Carolina State 6; Detroit 21. Coast Guard Academy 6; Rens- Selaer Poly 12. Temple 0; Boston College 19. Georgetown 13; Bucknell T.
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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Temple–Boston College gameBoston College leads 30–7–2 in 39 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.
Around this game
Temple
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 28, 1939
- SeasonTemple in 1939
- ProgramTemple history and records
Boston College
- Next gamevs. Saint AnselmOct. 28, 1939
- SeasonBoston College in 1939
- ProgramBoston College history and records

