Boston College vs. Georgetown

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

1. Boston College’s biggest win1942: Boston College 47, Georgetown 0by 47 points
2. Georgetown’s biggest win1927: Georgetown 47, Boston College 0by 47 points
3. Upset1919: Boston College 10, Georgetown 9Boston College had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1940: Boston College 19, Georgetown 18No. 9 Georgetown at No. 8 Boston College

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Myers 5–⁠0 against Hagerty). 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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  1919 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 30, 1919

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  1930 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 10, 1930

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  1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1931

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  1940 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 19, 1940

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  1941 · Evening star, Oct 26, 1941

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
• Georgetown vs. Fordham34 meetings, Georgetown 12–⁠20–⁠2
• Georgetown vs. Bucknell31 meetings, Georgetown 15–⁠15–⁠1
• Georgetown vs. Lehigh28 meetings, Georgetown 6–⁠22
• Georgetown vs. Holy Cross27 meetings, Georgetown 8–⁠19