History Programs Boston College vs. Detroit Mercy Boston College vs. Detroit Mercy DM Boston College and Detroit Mercy first met in 1937 and have played 17 times; Boston College leads the series 12–5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Boston College 7–3, and Boston College has won the last 3. Share
Boston College wins 12
Detroit Mercy wins 5
Ties 0
Longest streak 4 Boston College
Current streak 3 Boston College
Last 10 meetings Boston College 7–3
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1930s 2–1 1950s 7–2 1960s 3–2
Average margin 11.6 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Boston College 6–3 Boston College’s record at home
At Detroit Mercy 2–6 Detroit Mercy’s record at home
Shutouts 4 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Boston College and Detroit Mercy, 1937 on 1300 1500 1700 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 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.
Every game Nov 21, 1964 Boston College 17, Detroit Mercy 9 at Boston College Oct 4, 1963 Boston College 20, Detroit Mercy 12 at Detroit Mercy Sep 22, 1962 Boston College 27, Detroit Mercy 0 at Boston College Oct 13, 1961 Detroit Mercy 20, Boston College 3 at Detroit Mercy Oct 15, 1960 Detroit Mercy 19, Boston College 17 at Boston College Oct 30, 1959 Boston College 21, Detroit Mercy 9 at Detroit Mercy Nov 8, 1958 Boston College 40, Detroit Mercy 0 at Boston College Oct 26, 1957 Boston College 20, Detroit Mercy 16 at Detroit Mercy Oct 28, 1956 Detroit Mercy 12, Boston College 7 at Detroit Mercy Oct 15, 1955 Boston College 23, Detroit Mercy 0 at Boston College Sep 25, 1954 Boston College 12, Detroit Mercy 7 at Detroit Mercy Nov 15, 1953 Boston College 33, Detroit Mercy 20 at Boston College Nov 7, 1952 Boston College 23, Detroit Mercy 20 at Detroit Mercy Oct 19, 1951 Detroit Mercy 19, Boston College 13 at Boston College Nov 11, 1939 Boston College 20, Detroit Mercy 13 at Detroit Mercy Oct 12, 1938 Boston College 9, Detroit Mercy 6 at Boston College Oct 23, 1937 Detroit Mercy 14, Boston College 0 at Boston College
Every game is listed as played on the field.
