Boston College vs. Temple

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

1. Boston College’s biggest win1993: Boston College 66, Temple 14by 52 points
2. Temple’s biggest win1974: Temple 34, Boston College 7by 27 points
3. Upset1999: Temple 24, Boston College 14Temple had a 30% 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 0–⁠1–⁠2 against Warner). 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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  1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 21, 1939

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  1940 · The Nome nugget, Alaska, Oct 14, 1940

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  1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 9, 1942

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  1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1954

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
• Temple vs. Penn State46 meetings, Temple 4–⁠41–⁠1
• Temple vs. Rutgers39 meetings, Temple 16–⁠23
• Temple vs. Syracuse37 meetings, Temple 10–⁠26–⁠1
• Temple vs. West Virginia36 meetings, Temple 12–⁠24