Boston College at Temple

Saturday, October 2, 1954

Boston College beat Temple 12–⁠9. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Boston College led the series 5–⁠1–⁠2.

AwayBoston College8–⁠1 in 1954
12
HomeTemple1–⁠3 in 1954
9

FinalHigh 82°F, low 72°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Late Boston College Scores Beat Temple

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 3, 1954, page 68

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    Late Boston College Scores Beat Temple PHILADELPHIA, Oct. a. Boston Colleges Eagles wore down Temple with two second half scores today to ruin the Owls 1854 opener, 1873, before 5000 at Temple Stadium. Leading, 80, in the third quarter, the Owls fell apart under q grinding Eagles often stve which moved 30 yards in 18 pAays. E1nRnidio Petrarca cracked over left tackle and appeared beaded for tho first Boston Col le0e score, but ftanbled. Dick lAacaA. Bagles’ back, fell on the bah IN the end zone for six points. With four minutes left to 60 In the game, Jim Kane hit Sophomore End John Mcdonald with q 35-yard pass. Mcdonald was dropped on the Temple one yard line. On the next play Kane sneaked over for the winning score. Halfback Ken Stout recovered O B. c. tumble In the opening minutes Of the game on the Eagles ~. Three line plays lost two yards and Tex Robinson finally booted q 24-yard field goal for the Owls. In the third QNarte9 Robinson Intercepted o b. c. pass on the Hagies’ - and raced all the way for q touchdown. Rpetoq oollsss $1,000 o o. @lf TaEnple “ o % ecoTing: Boston college, touchdown Kane. Lucas. Temple, touchdown-Robinson. Field Roal---Robinson.

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston College leads 30–⁠7–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Boston College 28, Temple 3
2018Boston College 45, Temple 35
2004Boston College 34, Temple 17
2003Boston College 38, Temple 13
2002Boston College 36, Temple 14
2001Boston College 33, Temple 10

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