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Boston College-Clemson Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 55/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 32
- Series record
- Boston College 9-21-2 Clemson
- Tracked years
- 1940-2025
- Trophy
- O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
19 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1939PostseasonNeutral site
Boston College vs. Clemson
Boston College 3, Clemson 6
Winner: Clemson
No. 14 Boston College vs. No. 15 Clemson · 3-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1942Week 5
Clemson at Boston College
Clemson 7, Boston College 14
Winner: Boston College
Unranked Clemson vs. No. 3 Boston College · 7-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1948Week 8
Clemson at Boston College
Clemson 26, Boston College 19
Winner: Clemson
No. 9 Clemson vs. Unranked Boston College · 7-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1982Week 2
Clemson at Boston College
Clemson 17, Boston College 17
Result: Tie
No. 16 Clemson vs. Unranked Boston College · 0-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1953Week 2
Boston College at Clemson
Boston College 14, Clemson 14
Result: Tie
Unranked Boston College vs. Unranked Clemson · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1950Week 9
Clemson at Boston College
Clemson 35, Boston College 14
Winner: Clemson
No. 11 Clemson vs. Unranked Boston College · 21-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1958Week 11
Boston College at Clemson
Boston College 12, Clemson 34
Winner: Clemson
Unranked Boston College vs. No. 12 Clemson · 22-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15
27
Game score
- 1947Week 3
Clemson at Boston College
Clemson 22, Boston College 32
Winner: Boston College
Unranked Clemson vs. Unranked Boston College · 10-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
25
Game score
- 1960Week 11
Clemson at Boston College
Clemson 14, Boston College 25
Winner: Boston College
Unranked Clemson vs. Unranked Boston College · 11-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
24
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.