Boston College vs. Wake Forest
Boston College and Wake Forest have 29 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Boston College leads the series 14–13–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wake Forest 6–4, and Wake Forest has won the last 3. Share
- Boston College wins
- 14
- Wake Forest wins
- 13
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1941
- Longest streak
- 4 Boston College
- Current streak
- 3 Wake Forest
- Last 10 meetings
- Wake Forest 6–4
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Boston College 0, Wake Forest 1
- Average margin
- 10 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Boston College
- 9–9–2 Boston College’s record at home
- At Wake Forest
- 4–5 Wake Forest’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Boston College’s biggest win1942: Boston College 27, Wake Forest 0by 27 points
- Wake Forest’s biggest win2021: Wake Forest 41, Boston College 10by 31 points
- Upset2015: Wake Forest 3, Boston College 0Wake Forest had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2003: Wake Forest 32, Boston College 28Wake Forest had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2006: Wake Forest 21, Boston College 14No. 16 Boston College at No. 22 Wake Forest
Coach against coach
| Years | Boston College | Series | Wake Forest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941–1950 | Denny Myers | 4–2–1 | D.C. Walker |
| 1951–1953 | Mike Holovak | 1–1–1 | Tom Rogers |
| 2003–2006 | Tom O’Brien | 1–3 | Jim Grobe |
| 2009–2012 | Frank Spaziani | 2–2 | Jim Grobe |
| 2014–2019 | Steve Addazio | 3–3 | Dave Clawson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Myers 4–2–1 against Walker). 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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Matt Ryan Boston College | 32 of 52, 408 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT | 2007 Passing | |
| Montel Harris Boston College | 36 carries, 183 yards, 3 TD | 2010 Rushing | |
| Wyatt Ray Boston College | 8 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for loss | 2018 Defense | |
| Andre Williams Boston College | 35 carries, 204 yards, 1 TD | 2013 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 10, 1941
1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 26, 1942
1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 9, 1947
1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 22, 1951
1953 · Evening star, Nov 8, 1953
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.