Georgetown at Boston College

Saturday, October 25, 1941

Boston College beat Georgetown 14–⁠6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 5–⁠2.

AwayGeorgetown5–⁠4 in 1941
6
HomeBoston College7–⁠3 in 1941
14

FinalHigh 54°F, low 42°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota Turns Back Michigan TO- Boston College Trims Georgetown 746 Cbs 0o While Dartmouth Downs Ya 20 Win, Lose or Draw The Anonymous Men Of Big Time Football

    Evening star, October 26, 1941, page 40

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    Minnesota Turns Back Michigan TO- Boston College Trims Georgetown 746 Cbs 0o While Dartmouth Downs Ya 20 Win, Lose or Draw The Anonymous Men Of Big Time Football ne ANONYMOUS men or Dig Ilme TOOtDuII 2Among the nobest of the gdron heroes and intrepid beings to football drinks toast in the full flush of victory These would be the talent a @ wa” undergo hard and rgors which gmoous characters IKE h backs and ends never are subjected ,, of them They Indispensable hev are the front line of the oe and of the defense with bootggers Many people depended on them spoke This back the davs when the big schools Of football ndeaoed give the the Moneyback Tech because since his short he always wanted be an engineer he that he also could kick run and pass was incidental which should be now because the ages Now it the proud boast OF coach that ne mas loyal alumni trying clubhouse the of his precincts crop today The old Georgetown Frank Mr. schwage has on grated to serve as alone But team they were terric When Talent Scout Queries Prospect Georgetown isn’t the biggest football foundry IN the no ou mains power talent scouts combn the New England New Line and coach telling the super super prospect had everything tall weighed 200 pounds and he could DO nss ~ football a must be insisent ., - languages in high schooi’ ne aSkeo oo S have two years sofds Of Spanish ans 1aa “French?” queried the scout was the HOW about German?” asked with word picture of the beauties the Potomac in mind – Nope said the big boy. had furrner language The scout was ready desperation he inquired ABOUT Latin the boys face frightened 49, 49,. 49,. <or Il years Latin ne disclosed 1 was an a’ar o0S “ Once When Hoyos Got Cornet Player South search out character named elusive ball carrier He caed the ieh Tommy 6fle dedicated blowing into core LIE other Tommy school red elsewhere 10 play football Mr. until he realized that perhaps the telephone who chose the wrong OBen was sincere believing that player more than halback Schwagel they only bat around Ooo Hilltop about out OF 100 candldates sold other schools sucn as Boston college Fordham Duquesne Vanova some neglected tn take little language and simply aren’t liked N Hao Pennsylvania coal mining town once recaneo 1t Geleers turn 10 .neat since We aenated terrific He exoeo the of Georgetown proximity Of Government and that stuff parents stood in the Kitchen nooolng ana nd thought Gegers Commute speech until ~. how walked into the that his parents couldn’t speak nor understand English. He finally went elsewhere. About the Red und Green Rhinestone Belt The team of Gege Schwag drove into Pennsylvania durable boy and developed the Klo Mr. Gege SchWagel Whatu he to drink? he drnK milk sherry The seriously In few moments there were really like them along with of the a of vodka combine trouble to hunt up a The address Latme Mine NO. T. Pa and Georgetown the to the Hilltop where rhneston Coach decided he cut out Tor some thing wound at another school, where rules all right Saturday afternoons that somebody should appreciate poor who win games they hardly ever see

  • The Detroit evening times's story

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 26, 1941, page 20

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    Georgetown took an early lead, but Boston College came back with markers in the second and fourth periods TO beat its old rival, 14–⁠6. Lake Forest College of Illinois mixed a tricky running and pass ing attack 70 whip Albion. 26–⁠7. The victorS scored three Of their four touchdownS in the second half. Albion counting in the third session. .-.-..,----ls Kansas won it’s first Big Six Conference game IN two years by whipping Iowa State. 1910 Ray Niblo scored both touchdowns for the JayhawkeTS A 57-yard pass in tho last two minutes of play enabled, Grinnell College TO beat out Cornell Col lege. 60. Colorado Us BUffaloes had an easy time with the Wyoming Cow boys. 27–⁠0. McClung. Lockard. Reilly and Raso each scored a

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 9–⁠4 in 13 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Georgetown 20, Boston College 10
1949Georgetown 10, Boston College 7
1948Boston College 13, Georgetown 6
1947Boston College 27, Georgetown 6
1946Boston College 20, Georgetown 13
1942Boston College 47, Georgetown 0

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