Boston College at Holy Cross

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 30, 1947, page 12

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  Crusaders Upset Be In Traditional Tilt BOSTON, Nov. 29- Holy Cross, Gaping a disappointing season with a blaze of glory, up set favored Boston College 20 to 6 today, marking the fifth straight time the Crusaders have toppled their traditional RI vals in this 51-year-old series. An overflow bipartisan crowd of 42,50O saw the Crusades dominate the play on the frozen mud of Baves Field. The win made sparkling going-away present for resigning Holy Cross coach John Da Grosa, whose teams never have lost to B. C.. during his three year tenure. | Outweighted an average of 25 pounds per man in the line, the Crusaders punched out two touchdowns in the first period and one in the third-two of the scores following B. c. Fumbles. |B. C.’s lone score in the last pc riod preserved Coach Denny Myers record of never beng shutout since taking over at BIC. four seasons ago. Y sF:3.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, December 1, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES Following a4e the final scores of leading football games played during the past weel1end: Navy 0, .irmy 2i. New York University IS; Ford ham IS. North Carolina State 0; Mor, loi ( o. Vanderti;t T; Tlrnessee 12 Kansas state 2; Fonda 25. West Virginia IT; Pi,r ?. Holy Cross 20; Boston College 6 Georgia o; Georgia Tech :. Virginia ‘; North Carolina 10 Southsrn Methodist 19; Teya’ Christian 19, tie. Oklahoma ARM 13; Oklahoma 2l Oregon State 27; Nebraska 6. Mississippi 33; Mississippi S II Texas Tech IA; Hardin-Sin,. mons 6. Baylor 6; Rice 34. West Texas State 28; New Mex. ico Is. Michigan State 58; Hawaii 19 Alabama 21; Miami G. Kansas 54; Arizona 28.

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 36–⁠19 in 55 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.