Fordham at Boston College

Friday, October 24, 1952

Boston College beat Fordham 14–⁠13. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Fordham led the series 8–⁠5.

AwayFordham2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1952
13
HomeBoston College4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1952
14

FinalHigh 66°F, low 46°FAttendance 13,991

In the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen's story: High Spot In College Cridiron Season Is Set Today As Top Eleyens Set Encounters

    The Key West citizen, October 25, 1952, page 7 (results column)

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    High Spot In College Cridiron Season Is Set Today As Top Eleyens Set Encounters and cold Louisiana State. Okla homa, No. 3. meets weak Kansas State and Georgia Tech. No. S, tangles with improved Vanderbilt. The Little Brown Jug battle between Minnesota and Michigan should help clear up the picture in the Big 10 race. Both teams along with Purdue are unbeaten in conference play. The Boiler Makers have defeated Ohio State and lows while their Illinois opponents have lost two league games. The Illini are the defending champions and ineligible to return to the Rose Bowl. Other Big 10 games pit Ohio State against Iowa and In diana against Northwestern. The week end feast started last night with Boston College and Miami winning major games and VMI striking from behind in the last three minutes for a 1920 tie with George Washington. Jimmy Kane tossed touchdown heaves to Joe Johnson and Miko Mikulics that made up for Boston College miscues in q 14–⁠13 victory over Fordham. Art Knust’s S5-yard touchdown run through the mud after intercepting a pass highlighted Miami’s 2O-6 triumph over Marquette. And a 45-yard gallop by fullback George Chumbley enabled VMI to tie George Washington.

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.

Tied 8–⁠8 in 16 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Boston College 66, Fordham 10
1954Boston College 21, Fordham 7
1953Boston College 20, Fordham 13
1952Boston College 14, Fordham 13
1951Fordham 35, Boston College 19
1950Fordham 26, Boston College 6

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