Boston College vs. Tulane
Boston College and Tulane have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1940; the series is tied 7–7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and Boston College has won the last 2. Share
- Boston College wins
- 7
- Tulane wins
- 7
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1940
- Longest streak
- 2 Tulane
- Current streak
- 2 Boston College
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 1993
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–5 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 14.1 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Boston College
- 4–3 Boston College’s record at home
- At Tulane
- 4–3 Tulane’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Boston College’s biggest win1993: Boston College 42, Tulane 14by 28 points
- Tulane’s biggest win1979: Tulane 41, Boston College 8by 33 points
- Upset1975: Tulane 17, Boston College 7Tulane had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1972: Tulane 10, Boston College 0Tulane had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1940: Boston College 27, Tulane 7Boston College had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Boston College | Series | Tulane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–1975 | Joseph Yukica | 1–3 | Bennie Ellender |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Yukica 1–3 against Ellender). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers
1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 29, 1940
1941 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Sep 30, 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
| Oct 30, 1993 | Boston College 42, Tulane 14 | at Boston College | ||
| Oct 24, 1992 | 11Boston College 17, Tulane 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 3, 1979 | Tulane 41, Boston College 8 | at Boston College | ||
| Oct 14, 1978 | Tulane 9, Boston College 3 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 8, 1977 | Boston College 30, Tulane 28 | at Boston College | ||
| Sep 25, 1976 | 18Boston College 27, Tulane 3 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 11, 1975 | Tulane 17, Boston College 7 | at Boston College | ||
| Nov 9, 1974 | Boston College 27, Tulane 3 | at Boston College | ||
| Sep 22, 1973 | Tulane 21, Boston College 16 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 16, 1972 | Tulane 10, Boston College 0 | at Boston College | ||
| Oct 4, 1969 | Boston College 28, Tulane 24 | at Boston College | ||
| Oct 19, 1968 | Tulane 28, Boston College 14 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 27, 1941 | Tulane 21, Boston College 7 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 28, 1940 | Boston College 27, Tulane 7 | at Tulane |
Every game is listed as played on the field.