Manhattan at Boston College

Saturday, November 2, 1940

No. 9 Boston College beat Manhattan 25–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayManhattan3–⁠6 in 1940
0
Home9Boston College11–⁠0 in 1940
25

FinalHigh 55°F, low 38°F, 1.22 in. of rainAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

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    The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    1, }. ,,!ls sy;‘i;E’[| The following are final scores of important football played last Sat- urday afternoon: Notre Dame T; Army O. Navy 0; Pennsylvania 20 Colgate $; Holy Cross O. Dartmouth 26 SeWanee 0. Brown 6; Yale 2. Columbia 0; Cornell 27. Princeton 0; Harvard 0, score less. North Carolina 0; Fordham IA. Kansas State 0; Michigan State 32. Boston College 25; Manhattan 0. Indiana 6; Ohio State 21. Georgetown 28; Syracuse G. Georgia Tech ‘; Duke fl. Temple 10, Bucknell r Tulsa [; Detroit 0. Minnesota 13; Northwestern 12. Baylor 12; Texas Christian IA. Alabama 25; Kentucky 0. New York University 0; Missouri 33. Mississippi 13; Vanderbilt 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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Boston College 26, Manhattan 13
1940Boston College 25, Manhattan 0

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