Springfield at Boston College

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1954, page 60

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  Boston College Wins Fifth in Row, 42–⁠6 BOSTON. Oct. 23.-Boston Colleges sophomore quarterback Billy Donlan-ineligible for the first four games Of the season. passed for one touchdown and scored another today as the unbeaten Eagles walloped undermanned Springfield, 42–⁠6, for their fifth successive victory. Donlan, who attended Harvard and Holy Cross briefly last fall before entering B. c., passed six yards to Halfback Jim Tiernan for one tally and then sneaked over from the two with the final Eagle touchdown. Both scores came in the third period while the highly-touted youngsters played with the third string B. c. backfield. ....e Senior quarterback Jimmy Kane passed for two other scores, both to Frank Furey, who started his first game at end for Boston College. Kane also initiated two more touchdowns with a pitchout to Turk Pc trarca and q handoff to Dick Bagliardi. Springfield -----0 o o g. g seorins; cAess sprinsheldd.’ 10 toSehdown432 SS S42 Conant. Boston College, touchdowns-- Furey (2). Tiernan. Petrarca, Donlan. gagliardi. Points after touchdown Gagliardi 90, Mcdonnell. Safety Morze blocked punt BY Conant that rolled through end zone)

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Boston College leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.