Holy Cross at Boston College
Saturday, November 27, 1954 Share
Boston College beat Holy Cross 31–13. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, the series stood even at 11–11.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 28°FAttendance 40,642
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1954, page 22 (results column)
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Saturdays Stqrs George Welsh, Navy – Threw three touchdown passes and scored a touchdown as Navy defeated Army, 27–20, and accepted a bid to play in the Sugar Bowl. Dick M0egle, Rice-Scored two touchdowns, one on 91-yard punt return, and gained 1876 yards in the Owls 20–14 VIC tory over Baylor. Gene Calame, Oklahoma–Scored twice as the Sooners completed an undefeated season by beat ing Oklahoma A g. M, 1870. Bob Pascal, Duke-Scored three touchdowns in 47–12 trouncing of North Carolina. Jim Morse, Notre Dame Scored two touchdowns, one a 72-yard run with six minutes remain ing, to give the Irish a 23–17 victory over Southern Cali fornia. Win Turner, Louisiana State Passed for two touchdowns to lead the Tigers to q 1918 triumpil over Tulane. Tom Magnarelli, Boston College Scored four touchdowns as he led the Purple Eagles to a 31–13 victory over Holy Cross, Bobby Freeman, Auburn-Scored three touchdowns and gained 16O yards as Auburn crushed Alabama, 28–0. Art Luppin0, Arizona Scored three touchdoWns to make him the highest scorer in major college football in “a year. with 166 points: also picked ur 154 yards in rushing to top tht Nation flor the season witt l.359. \
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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Holy Cross–Boston College gameBoston College leads 36–19 in 55 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.
Around this game
Holy Cross
- Next gamevs. TempleSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonHoly Cross in 1954
- ProgramHoly Cross history and records
Boston College
- Next gamevs. BrandeisSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonBoston College in 1954
- ProgramBoston College history and records

