Tennessee at Boston College

Saturday, November 15, 1941

Tennessee beat No. 18 Boston College 14–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayTennessee8–⁠2 in 1941
14
Home18Boston College7–⁠3 in 1941
7

FinalHigh 60°F, low 40°FAttendance 32,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 15, 1941, page 29

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    nessees gallant stand held them without gain. Buffers punt went to the so and this time the Eagles couldn’t be de- MED. Three plays put the ball over, Maznicki taking it across. He converted the extra point. Two minutes later the half ended with Boston College leading, TO. Third Quarter. Tennessee raced back in the third period and took the ball to its 48 before Slater made a beautiful punt that went outside on BoSton’S 2. Slater brought Connolly’s return back to the Eagle 26 but two plays later Maznicki recovered Schwartz fingers tumble ON the Boston 81. Slater brought another kick back to the Boston AZ and Tennessee started another march which ended with touchdown when Dick Null 10y, sub end, fell on Cifers tumble in the Boston end zone Charlie Mitchell converted to tie the score TT at the end of the third, Fourth Quarter. After an exchange of kicks, Boston took over on its 9. Billy Gold intercepted a Boudreau aerial On his 40 and raced back to the Eagle 4. Two line plays were held without gain but on the third try Cifers went over right tackle for the tally. Mitchell again converted to put the Vols in front. AT. Boston couldn’t do anything with the ball and the game ended a few minutes later with Tennessee WIN ming, 14–⁠7.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: TENNESSEE IN REVENGE; BEATS BOSTON COLLEGE

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 17, 1941, page 5

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    TENNESSEE IN REVENGE; BEATS BOSTON COLLEGE BOSTON, Mass, Nov. IT. - The vengeance bent Tennessee Volun- teers, conquered by Boston College in the Sugar Bowl last January, slammed over a fourth period touchdown last Saturday afternoon 10 defeat the Eagles by score of 14 to ‘.

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 61% to win. Tennessee pulled the upset.

Tennessee leads 8–⁠2 in 10 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1992Tennessee 38, Boston College 23Hall of Fame Bowl
1988Tennessee 10, Boston College 7
1987Boston College 20, Tennessee 18
1979Tennessee 28, Boston College 16
1977Tennessee 24, Boston College 18
1964Tennessee 16, Boston College 14

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