Alabama at Boston College

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  Evening star, November 24, 1946, page 36

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  Boston College Beats Alabama, 1877, 10 Avenge ’43 Defeat BOSTON, Nov, 23.-Playing heads up football through most Of the game, Boston College today avenged “a l943 Orange Bowl defeat at the hands Of Alabama by defeating the Crimson Tide, 1877, before 40,1i6 fans In Braves Field. A last-quarter touchdown by fourth string Halfback Maurice Poissant OF Biddleford, Me-, proyided the victory margin for the Eagles. The 22-year-old freshman cli- NAKED a 76-yard Boston drive by smashing through the Bama line for 80 yards and the victory -assuring touchdown. Alabama Threatens. The Tide, which today lost its fourth game in one season for the first time since 1927, threatened late in that final period. Harry Gilmer passed and ran the ball from Bama’s 20, where he took a punt, to the Boston SO. From that point, after starting out as If to sweep his own right end, Gilmer jumped and threw long forward intended for Lowell Tew. Don Panciera, Boston’s freshman quarterback, intercepted the ball, taking it from almost under Tew’s nose, on the one-yard line. The clock showed less than two minutes to play and, after the Eagles were penalized a half-yard for two much time, they rushed out to the nine and kicked. Tew grabbed the punt as It bounced on the % and raced to the ID. Alert defensive play by the Eagles pushed the Alabamans back to the 81 as the game ended. The Eagles broke the scoreless deadlock six minutes after the start OF the second period after an exchange of kicks. Ed Clasby. in for Panciera, ran Bama punt back from the Tide SO to the 26. Six plays later, sub right halfback Jim Benedetto crashed over from the 8. Panciera placekicked the extra point. Tide Deadlock Score. The Tide took the following kick of and in four minutes tied the score at Tall. Bill Cadenhead took the kickoff from his own 4 to the SO where he was pushed out of bounds. With Gilmer doing most ‘of the carrying. the Southerners hacked their way to the Boston 13. They

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 24, 1946, page 1

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  BOSTON COLLEGE l. WHIPS ALABAMA Frigid Weather Accompan. les 1877 Win OF Eastern ers Before 4l,OOO BOSTON,, Nov. % up Harry Gilmer, Alabama’s great halfback, was the outstanding Individual football player on frigid. Braves held today as Boston college defeated Bama 1877 and the crowd OF more than 41,O00 appreciated it. AS soon as the game ended hun dreds of fans swept from the stands and surrounded the 2O-year-old birmingham, Ala, youth, trying TO shake his hand and pat him on the back. Police finally came to MS rescue and gently extricated hlm so he could get to the dressing room. :,

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