Clemson at Boston College

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  Roanoke Rapids daily herald, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., October 31, 1948, page 7

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  Clemson Trims Eagles to Stay Indicated Boston, Oct. 30-R- Too much Bobby Gage gave Glenn sons undefeated Tigers a 26–⁠19 football triumph over the Boston College Eagles here Friday night. The needle threading Gage passed to three touchdowns and intercepted Boston College pass which led to another Glenn son score before the B. c. Eagles took to their wings too late at Braves Field. A paid throng of 25,269 saw Gage crank up the Clemson scoring engine early in the Sec ond period with a. 40-yard touchdown heave to end Bob Hudson and later in the same quarter he flipped an H. yarder into the end zone to winger Johnny Poules. Bill Gage was far from fin ished. He pegged a 50-yarder to Ray Matthews for the third Clemson six-pointer in the third period and a few minutes after thtat score Gage intercepted Butch Songin pass and trundled it % yards to the Boston 1C.

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Clemson leads 22–⁠9–⁠2 in 33 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.