Holy Cross at Boston College

Saturday, November 27, 1954

Boston College beat Holy Cross 31–⁠13. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, the series stood even at 11–⁠11.

AwayHoly Cross3–⁠7 in 1954
13
HomeBoston College8–⁠1 in 1954
31

FinalHigh 49°F, low 28°FAttendance 40,642

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Stqrs

    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.

Boston College leads 36–⁠19 in 55 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Boston College 31, Holy Cross 28
2018Boston College 62, Holy Cross 14
1986Boston College 56, Holy Cross 26
1985Boston College 38, Holy Cross 7
1984Boston College 45, Holy Cross 10
1983Boston College 47, Holy Cross 7

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