Wake Forest at Boston College

Friday, September 21, 1951

Wake Forest beat Boston College 20–⁠6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 4–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayWake Forest6–⁠4 in 1951
20
HomeBoston College3–⁠6 in 1951
6

FinalHigh 84°F, low 55°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Three Touchdown Passes Win For Texas Aggies Over UCLA

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 22, 1951, page 1

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    Three Touchdown Passes Win For Texas Aggies Over UCLA galloped 70 yards with a punt return for the tying touchdown. In another Friday night game, Gil Bocetti passed for three touchdowns as Washington and Lees Southern Conference cham pions beat Furman, 25–⁠7, in Greenville. S. C. Bocetti’S touchdown heaves were short ones. 3 yards to Dave Hedge and 6 to Jack Garst and Talbot Tramfnell. Bob Thomas and Trammell made some excel lent catches in the downfield marches and Yves Abrams was a big ground gamer. Furman made 200 yards on the ground but scored only one touchdown. Wake Forest, held to a TT tie by Boston College last year, beat the Eagles 20–⁠6 before &c, 587 spec ItatorS at Braves Field last night as Dickie Davis led the way with three touchdown passes. The Deacons made their debut under Tom Rogers. while Boston College lost for it’s new coach, Mike Holovak. Guido Scarton. Billy Churm and Jack Lewis each caught a Davis | touchdown pass,

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)

Wake Forest 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 14–⁠13–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Wake Forest 43, Boston College 15
2021Wake Forest 41, Boston College 10
2019Wake Forest 27, Boston College 24
2018Boston College 41, Wake Forest 34
2017Wake Forest 34, Boston College 10
2016Boston College 17, Wake Forest 14

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