Syracuse at Boston University

Saturday, October 16, 1954

Boston University beat Syracuse 41–⁠19. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 6–⁠3–⁠1.

AwaySyracuse4–⁠4 in 1954
19
HomeBoston University7–⁠2 in 1954
41

FinalAttendance 20,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Boston U. Pass Attack Whips Syracuse, 41-1o

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 63

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    Boston U. Pass Attack Whips Syracuse, 41–⁠1o BOSTON, Oct. 16.-Tom Castall, Boston University quarter back, bombed Syracuse’s highly rated pass defense with four first-half touchdown passes today and the undefeated Terriers withstood a second-half rally for a 41–⁠19 decision and their fourth straight victory. Gastall connected twice each with Halfback Ken Hagerstrom and End John Bredice as he clocked of 184 yards with eight competitions in IA tries. In the second half, Syracuse Stiffened and-looking more like the pass defenders who were ranked No. / in the Nation in that department going into the game-intercepted two of Gas tails. throws and turned them into third-period touchdowns. sss.sen’f sossen University & z sS S e g III Syracuse scoring: Touchdowns-Alexaader Perkins. Brown. Conversion boston University scoring: Touch Pino ,chiera. Conversions-Terrasi “a,

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 University 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 12–⁠3–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Syracuse 35, Boston University 7
1959Syracuse 46, Boston University 0
1958Syracuse 42, Boston University 0
1957Syracuse 27, Boston University 20
1956Syracuse 21, Boston University 7
1955Syracuse 27, Boston University 12

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