Holy Cross at Boston College

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  Evening star, December 3, 1939, page 36

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  Boston College Smoshes Line, Blocks Punt for 14–⁠0 Score Over Battling Holy Cross ORourke completed two Of his II passing tries, the most spectacular of which was the one that set up the touchdown. That 33-yarder was jerked out OF the hands Of the GOV. eriig Cahill by Ananis. b. c. Supporters Go Wild. Boston College supporters were 50 delirious they ripped down both goal posts before the game ended. In addition to glorious victory over their ancient Jesuit foes, they regarded it as the clincher for one of the post-season bowl invitations.

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.

Boston College leads 36–⁠19 in 55 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.