Boston College vs. Alabama

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, January 2, 1943, page 3

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  Alabama Is Victor, Big Game Roars Forth in Orange Bowl 10 Beat Boston College 81 10 Il MIAMI, Fla, Jan. Alabama spotted Boston College IA points yesterday afternoon and then roared back to 81 to 81 victory before 10000 fans in wildly fought Orange Bowl football game Two minutes before half time, Bama drove to the eight-yard line of a fourth down. The guard booted a field goal from the Is yard line to take lead of % to 81. In the last quarter, Boston was held scoreless while Bama gained two touchdowns, one extra point and safety Boston’s Mickey Holovak scored all three touchdowns made by the Eagles.

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.

Boston College leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.