Boston College vs. Boston University

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Boston College’s biggest win1942: Boston College 37, Boston University 0by 37 points
2. Boston University’s biggest win1959: Boston University 26, Boston College 7by 19 points
3. Upset1937: Boston University 13, Boston College 6Boston University had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Holovak 3–⁠0 against Donelli). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1940

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  1961 · Evening star, Nov 19, 1961

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Boston College vs. Syracuse59 meetings, Boston College 25–⁠34
• Boston College vs. Holy Cross55 meetings, Boston College 36–⁠19
• Boston College vs. Villanova42 meetings, Boston College 27–⁠14–⁠1
• Boston College vs. Army39 meetings, Boston College 26–⁠13
• Boston University vs. Holy Cross26 meetings, Boston University 8–⁠15–⁠3
• Boston University vs. Syracuse16 meetings, Boston University 3–⁠12–⁠1
• Boston University vs. Colgate15 meetings, Boston University 6–⁠8–⁠1
• Boston University vs. Temple13 meetings, Boston University 6–⁠6–⁠1