Holy Cross at Boston College

Saturday, November 26, 1949

Boston College beat Holy Cross 76–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Holy Cross led the series 9–⁠8.

AwayHoly Cross1–⁠9 in 1949
0
HomeBoston College4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1949
76

FinalHigh 50°F, low 28°F, 0.27 in. of rainAttendance 38,771

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 28, 1949, page 2

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    spark Fordham to 34–⁠6 triumph over NYU. tis ‘a Ed Petela, Boston College – Scored 34 points on four touch downs and ten conversions to fea- ture Eagles 76–⁠0 rout of Holy Cross. Ken Kong, Louisiana State = Started State off to upset 21–⁠0 triumph over Tulane with 92-yard punt return in the first three min- utes of play Charlie Justice, North Carolina Scored one touchdown and passed to a second to lead Tar Heels to 14–⁠7 triumph over Virginia. Darrell Royal, Oklahoma – Di- rected Sooner attack that netted 353 yards rushing and 181 passing in 41–⁠0 trouncing of Oklahoma ARM. :

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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 36–⁠19 in 55 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Boston College 31, Holy Cross 28
2018Boston College 62, Holy Cross 14
1986Boston College 56, Holy Cross 26
1985Boston College 38, Holy Cross 7
1984Boston College 45, Holy Cross 10
1983Boston College 47, Holy Cross 7

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