Boston College vs. Yale

Boston College and Yale first met in 1919 and have played 4 times; Boston College leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Boston College 4–⁠0, and Boston College has won the last 4.

Boston College wins
4
Yale wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
4 Boston College
Current streak
4 Boston College
Last 10 meetings
Boston College 4–⁠0
Most recent
1983

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
1980s2–⁠0
Average margin
15.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Boston College
1–⁠0 Boston College’s record at home
At Yale
0–⁠3 Yale’s record at home

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 Yale, 1919 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1919 game: YALE LOSES, 5 T03, TOBOSTON COLLEGE Each Team Scores on Long Field Goal, Safety De- Gliding Contest.

    1919 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 19, 1919

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1920 game: Boston College Outblays Yale; Wins Again, 21-13

    1920 · The Washington herald, Oct 17, 1920

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 8, 1983Boston College 42, Yale 7at Yale
Oct 11, 1980Boston College 27, Yale 9at Boston College
Oct 16, 1920Boston College 21, Yale 13at Yale
Oct 18, 1919Boston College 5, Yale 3at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.