Boston College at Holy Cross

Saturday, November 28, 1942

Holy Cross beat No. 1 Boston College 55–⁠12. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 6–⁠5.

Away1Boston College8–⁠2 in 1942
12
HomeHoly Cross5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1942
55

FinalHigh 34°F, low 26°FAttendance 41,300

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 30, 1942, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 0; University of Washington 0, tie. St. Mary’s Preflight IS; Stan ford 28. oregon State 2; Michigan State T, tie. Notre Dame IS; Southern Cali fornia 0. Army 0; Navy IA. Villanova 20 Temple 2. North Carolina Preflight 0; Ford ham 6. Boston College 12; Holy Cross 55. Oklahoma A & M 33; Detroit 6. Iowa Preflight l2; Ohio State 41. Indiana 5l, Fort Knox o. Georgia Tech 0; Georgia 34 Texas Christian 14; Southern Methodist 6. Illinois 20; Camp Grant 0. Michigan 28; Iowa IA. Duke o; Jacksonville Naval Air Station 13. Auburn 41; Clemson 13. Tennessee 19; Vanderbilt 2. Kansas State 19; Nebraska 0. Tampa 30; Fort Benning 0. Georgia Navy 35; Alabama 19, New Mexico 35; Arizona State 2.

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 69% to win. Holy Cross pulled the upset.

Boston College leads 36–⁠19 in 55 meetings, counting the 44 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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