Boston College vs. Holy Cross

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

1. Boston College’s biggest win1949: Boston College 76, Holy Cross 0by 76 points
2. Holy Cross’s biggest win1945: Holy Cross 46, Boston College 0by 46 points
3. Upset1977: Holy Cross 35, Boston College 20Holy Cross had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1951: Boston College 19, Holy Cross 14Boston College had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1967: Boston College 13, Holy Cross 6Boston College had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Dobie 1–⁠2 against Anderson). 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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  1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Dec 1, 1899

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  1919 · New-York tribune, Nov 16, 1919

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  1937 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Nov 29, 1937

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  1938 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Nov 28, 1938

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  1939 · Evening star, Dec 3, 1939

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. Villanova42 meetings, Boston College 27–⁠14–⁠1
• Boston College vs. Army39 meetings, Boston College 26–⁠13
• Boston College vs. Temple39 meetings, Boston College 30–⁠7–⁠2
• Holy Cross vs. Colgate67 meetings, Holy Cross 30–⁠32–⁠5
• Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth60 meetings, Holy Cross 25–⁠31–⁠4
• Holy Cross vs. Harvard57 meetings, Holy Cross 16–⁠40–⁠1
• Holy Cross vs. Brown49 meetings, Holy Cross 24–⁠23–⁠2