Richmond at Boston College

Saturday, October 31, 1953

Richmond beat Boston College 14–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayRichmond5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
14
HomeBoston College5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
0

FinalHigh 58°F, low 52°F, 0.33 in. of rainAttendance 6,167

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SOph Stars as Richmond U Upsefs Boston College

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1953, page 72

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    SOph Stars as Richmond U Upsefs Boston College BOSTON, Oct. 31.-Richmond University Sophomore Quarter back, Tom Theodose, fooled Boston College completely on a 20 yard scoring dash and then set up the other touchdown with a long pass as the Spiders scored a 14–⁠0 upset at Fenway Park today. The Southern Conferenc e team-the Nations major col lege leader on pass defense rolled 80 yards for a second period touchdown. Theodose, a chunky speedster from Char lottesville, Va. crossed up the Eagles linemen on the end run that capped that drive.

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 65% to win. Richmond pulled the upset.

Boston College leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Boston College 45, Richmond 13
1971Boston College 24, Richmond 0
1965Boston College 38, Richmond 7
1953Richmond 14, Boston College 0
1952Boston College 14, Richmond 7
1951Boston College 21, Richmond 7

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