Drake at Boston College

Friday, October 10, 1952

Boston College beat Drake 20–⁠14. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayDrake2–⁠7 in 1952
14
HomeBoston College4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1952
20

FinalHigh 59°F, low 43°FAttendance 13,628

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Drake Tops Boston College On Jim Kane's PASSING

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1952, page 12

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    Drake Tops Boston College On Jim Kane’s PASSING BOSTON, Oct. IL Polished Jimmy Kane tossed two touch down passes and set up the third by air to give Boston College a 20–⁠14 victory over Drake University lats night. Boston College needed only IL plays to score after taking the opening kickoff with Kane tossing to Mikulics for a touchdown before the first period ended. Boston Colleges clincher came in the third quarter, when Kane tossed to Bob Flanagan in the end zone

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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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