Boston College vs. Louisville

Boston College and Louisville have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1986; Louisville leads the series 11–⁠7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Louisville 6–⁠4, and Louisville has won the last 3.

Boston College wins
7
Louisville wins
11
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1986
Longest streak
4 Louisville
Current streak
3 Louisville
Last 10 meetings
Louisville 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠1
1990s2–⁠2
2010s2–⁠4
2020s2–⁠4
Average margin
16 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Boston College
5–⁠4 Boston College’s record at home
At Louisville
7–⁠2 Louisville’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Boston College’s biggest win1986: Boston College 41, Louisville 7by 34 points
  2. Louisville’s biggest win2016: Louisville 52, Boston College 7by 45 points
  3. Upset2017: Boston College 45, Louisville 42Boston College had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsBoston CollegeSeriesLouisville
1986–⁠1990Jack Bicknell1–⁠2Howard Schnellenberger
2014–⁠2018Steve Addazio2–⁠3Bobby Petrino
2020–⁠2022Jeff Hafley2–⁠1Scott Satterfield

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Bicknell 1–⁠2 against Schnellenberger). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Boston College and Louisville, 1986 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

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

Biggest days

Jack Plummer Louisville18 of 21, 388 yards, 5 TD2023 Passing
A.J. Dillon Boston College39 carries, 272 yards, 4 TD2017 Rushing
Isaac Brown Louisville14 carries, 205 yards, 1 TD2025 Rushing
Monty Montgomery Louisville7 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 for loss, 1 INT2022 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Oct 25, 202519Louisville 38, Boston College 24at Louisville
Oct 25, 2024Louisville 31, Boston College 27at Boston College
Sep 23, 2023Louisville 56, Boston College 28at Louisville
Oct 1, 2022Boston College 34, Louisville 33at Boston College
Oct 23, 2021Louisville 28, Boston College 14at Louisville
Nov 28, 2020Boston College 34, Louisville 27at Boston College
Oct 5, 2019Louisville 41, Boston College 39at Louisville
Oct 13, 2018Boston College 38, Louisville 20at Boston College
Oct 14, 2017Boston College 45, Louisville 42at Louisville
Nov 5, 20165Louisville 52, Boston College 7at Boston College
Oct 24, 2015Louisville 17, Boston College 14at Louisville
Nov 8, 2014Louisville 38, Boston College 19at Boston College
Sep 26, 1998Louisville 52, Boston College 28at Louisville
Nov 3, 1994Boston College 35, Louisville 14at Louisville
Oct 12, 1991Boston College 33, Louisville 3at Boston College
Nov 10, 199022Louisville 17, Boston College 10at Louisville
Nov 18, 1989Louisville 36, Boston College 22at Boston College
Oct 18, 1986Boston College 41, Louisville 7at Boston College

Every game is listed as played on the field.