Manhattan at Boston College

Saturday, October 18, 1941

Boston College beat Manhattan 26–⁠13. It was their second meeting; Boston College leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayManhattan4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1941
13
HomeBoston College7–⁠3 in 1941
26

FinalHigh 62°F, low 59°F, 0.35 in. of rainAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 19, 1941, page 43

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    BOSTON, Oct. 18.-The familiar Fenway Park cheers for Ted Will liams went up today-but the chap they cheered was a feet-footed Boston College fullback as the Eagles beat Manhattan, 26 to 13. Three times B. C.’s Teddy Will liams, a 185-pound senior from Gloucester was Johnny on -the-spot with long touchdown runs that put the Eagles out in front so far that Manhattan’s last-minute passing madness did no harm. 1t was only five minutes after the games start that young Mr.. Williams stepped in and intercepted Charley McNulty’s surprise pass in the fiat and hurried along the side line 80 yards untouched to score. The injured Frank Monk Maznicki came in and missed the extra point from placement. Jaspers Strike Back. But the green-jerseyed Jaspers struck back and pass interference on one play and Lorenzo Castiglione’s 10-yard plunge gave them first down on the B. c. %, where Williams again entered the picture. Castiglione tried McNulty’s stuff and passed into the play, but Will liams cut in, took the ball almost from End Don Binders grasp, and with alert interference picking off Manhattan men like tenpins, scamp cred IS yards down the same sideline for another touchdown. Maznicki place-kicked the point. Williams got another one in the

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL @ A{3SWG IFS Mr

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 20, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL @ A{3SWG IFS Mr The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: UCLA T; University of Washing ton IA. California T. oregon 19. use T; Washington State 6. Idaho 16; Utah State o. Gonzaga 6; Montana 13. Michigan State o; Santa Clara T. University of San Francisco 26 Stanford 42. Ohio State 16; Purdue IA. Harvard 2; Dartmouth o. Penn 23; Princeton 0. Syracuse 31; University of New York 0. Army 20; Yale 2. Georgia T; Columbia 3. Mississippi 21; Holy Cross 0. Fordham 27; West Virginia 0. Brown 28; Tufts 6. Bucknell 6; Boston University o. Duke 27; Colgate 14. Oklahoma 16; Kansas State 0. Minnesota 39; Pittsburgh 0. Indiana 21; Nebraska l3. Wisconsin 23; Iowa 0. Boston College 26: Manhattan 13. Maryland 13; Florida 12. Illinois 40; Drake o. Alabama 9; Tennessee 2. Missouri 39; Iowa l3.

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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

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

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