Boston University at Temple
Saturday, October 27, 1951 Share
Temple beat Boston University 20–13. It was their third meeting; after it, Boston University led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 50°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 27, 1951, page 10
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Oklahoma Ags Win; Miami Beats Ole Miss; Temple Tops Boston U. Oklahoma AIM. Miami of Florida and Temple scored i’m portant victories in football games last night. The AgSies posted their third victory without a defeat in Missouri, Valley Conference play as they trounced Detroit. 20–7. at Detroit. Miami whipped Missisisippi, 20–7. and Temple upset Boston University, 20–13 Quarterback Don Babers passed and ran the Aggies to their triumph. He tossed two touch down passes and scored the third himself. Ed Sheldon streaked 86 yards with a kickoff return in the closing minutes for Detroit’s only counter. Halfback Jim Dooley and Quarterback John Melear paced Miami to victory. Dooley scored once Iand stopped two Ole Miss drives lin the first half with a pass inter- Iception and a tumble recovery and lalso boosted the offenSe with some sparkling running. Melear threw one touchdown pass and scored once. Ed Charters. a substitute back, sidelined with injuries since the opening game. led temple to its surprise victory over Boston U. by scoring twice. once on a 43-yard romp. Harry Agganis, star Boston paSser. completed IA out of % passes for 144 yards but only one resulted in a touchdown. Bob Daniels clinched the game by sprinting 81 yards in the third period for a touchdown after TAX ug pass from Paul McKernan. At San Francisco Ollie Matson became the seasons rushing leader by gaining 249 yards against San Diego Naval Training Center as San Francisco won, -26-7. This gave him season total of 1851 yards to 821 for brakes Johnny Bright. Don Klosterman of Los Angeles Loyola set national collegiate record of 303 completed passes in his three-year career as Loyola beat san Jose State, 1912. Klosterman completed 13 of % aerials to erase the former mark of 29l set last year by John Ford of Hardin Simmons
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)
Temple 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Boston University–Temple gameTied 6–6–1 in 13 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
Around this game
Boston University
- Next gamevs. New York UniversityNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonBoston University in 1951
- ProgramBoston University history and records
Temple
- Next gameat BucknellNov. 3, 1951
- SeasonTemple in 1951
- ProgramTemple history and records
