Holy Cross at Boston College

Saturday, November 29, 1941

Boston College beat Holy Cross 14–⁠13. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 6–⁠4.

AwayHoly Cross4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1941
13
HomeBoston College7–⁠3 in 1941
14

FinalHigh 62°F, low 28°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

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    The Daily Alaska empire, December 1, 1941, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @ {A{5SWG IFS Nr The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Oregon State 12; Oregon 2. Ore- gon State receives the Rose Bowl bid as the team has won the Pa- cific Coast Conference champion ship. California l6; Stanford 0. University of Washington 14; Southern California l3 Navy IA; Army 6. Holy Cross 13; Boston College 14. Fordham 30; New York Univer- sity g. Carnegie Tech 0; Pittsburgh 27. Texas Tech 35; Wake Forest 6. North Carolina State 13; William and Mary O. Penn State IT; South Carolina 12. Michigan State 14; West vir- ginia 12. Iowa State 13 Marquette 28. Oklahoma 6; Nebraska T. Georgia 2l; Georgia Tech O. Sewanee 0; Citadel 28. Southern Methodist l3; Texas Christian Is. Clemson T; Auburn 28. Mississippi State 6; Mississippi O.. Louisiana State 19; Tulane 0.

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 36–⁠19 in 55 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Boston College 31, Holy Cross 28
2018Boston College 62, Holy Cross 14
1986Boston College 56, Holy Cross 26
1985Boston College 38, Holy Cross 7
1984Boston College 45, Holy Cross 10
1983Boston College 47, Holy Cross 7

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