Richmond at Boston College
Saturday, October 31, 1953 Share
Richmond beat Boston College 14–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 52°F, 0.33 in. of rainAttendance 6,167
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 1, 1953, page 72
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Richmond–Boston College gameBoston College leads 5–1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.
Around this game
Richmond
- Next gamevs. William & MaryNov. 14, 1953
- SeasonRichmond in 1953
- ProgramRichmond history and records
Boston College
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestNov. 7, 1953
- SeasonBoston College in 1953
- ProgramBoston College history and records

