Boston College vs. Houston

Boston College and Houston first met in 1961 and have played 3 times; Boston College leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Boston College 2–⁠1, and Boston College has won the last 2.

Boston College wins
2
Houston wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1961
Longest streak
2 Boston College
Current streak
2 Boston College
Last 10 meetings
Boston College 2–⁠1
Most recent
1984

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠1
1980s1–⁠0
Average margin
17.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Boston College
1–⁠0 Boston College’s record at home
At Houston
1–⁠0 Houston’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Boston College first
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Boston College and Houston, 1961 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Steve Strachan Boston College1984
Bill Romanowski Boston College1984

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Jan 1, 19858Boston College 45, Houston 28Neutral siteCotton Bowl
Oct 27, 1962Boston College 14, Houston 0at Boston College
Oct 7, 1961Houston 21, Boston College 0at Houston

Every game is listed as played on the field.