Wake Forest at Boston College

Saturday, August 30, 2003

Wake Forest beat Boston College 32–⁠28. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 5–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayWake Forest5–⁠7 in 2003
32
HomeBoston College8–⁠5 in 2003
28

Final at Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA), Chestnut HillAttendance 42,563

At kickoff
80°F, mostly cloudy, wind 10 mph from the westWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Gen E L Logan International Airport (KBOS), 13 km from the stadium, six minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Wake Forest0662032
Boston College777728

Efficiency

Wake ForestBoston College
−0.45First-down EPA−0.11
−0.35Second-down EPA−0.02
0.12Third-down EPA0.34

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Boston College 69% to win. Wake Forest pulled the upset.

Boston College leads 14–⁠13–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Wake Forest 43, Boston College 15
2021Wake Forest 41, Boston College 10
2019Wake Forest 27, Boston College 24
2018Boston College 41, Wake Forest 34
2017Wake Forest 34, Boston College 10
2016Boston College 17, Wake Forest 14

Around this game

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