Temple at Boston College

Saturday, October 21, 1939

Boston College beat Temple 19–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayTemple2–⁠7 in 1939
0
HomeBoston College9–⁠2 in 1939
19

FinalHigh 69°F, low 46°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 13,300

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    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.

Boston College leads 30–⁠7–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Boston College 28, Temple 3
2018Boston College 45, Temple 35
2004Boston College 34, Temple 17
2003Boston College 38, Temple 13
2002Boston College 36, Temple 14
2001Boston College 33, Temple 10

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