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Villanova at Boston College

Friday, October 24, 1947

Boston College beat Villanova 6–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayVillanova6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1947
0
HomeBoston College5–⁠4 in 1947
6

FinalHigh 81°F, low 38°FAttendance 40,184

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 25, 1947, page 3

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    FOOTBALL | SCORES College football games played Friday resulted as follows: Boston College 6; Villanova 0. Georgetown Univ. 25; New York Univ 0. Miami (Fla) 2S; George Washing ton T. Fort Belvoir IA; Bainbridge Navy 6. Rollins 13; Presbyterian 12 Chattanooga 19; Dayton l3. Tenn. State 14; Wilberforce s Louisville 19; Western Kentucky l3. Detroit 36; Duquesne 6. Drake 13: Oklahoma Aggies 9. Youngstown 13; Michigan Central ‘. St. Mapys (Calif) 57; Los Angeles Loyola ‘. Sul Ross 43; New Mexico Military 6 West Texas State 34; New Mex ico AGM T. California Ramhlers 30; Chico (CaliD State 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 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Villanova–Boston College game

Boston College leads 27–⁠14–⁠1 in 42 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Boston College 24, Villanova 14
1980Villanova 20, Boston College 9
1979Boston College 34, Villanova 7
1978Villanova 28, Boston College 16
1977Boston College 17, Villanova 0
1976Villanova 22, Boston College 3

Around this game

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