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Record books don’t always tell the whole story

It’s hard to imagine that Clemson has won seven of the last eight meetings against Boston College. Not that a program like Clemson’s shouldn’t dominate a Boston College program that does not have the same advantages, it just that the games have been more competitive than what the actual record books show.

Of course we all know how the series with the Eagles began. Banks McFadden led the Tigers to a 6-3 victory over Boston College in the 1940 Cotton Bowl, Clemson’s first ever bowl game. The two programs played 11 more times over the next 20 years as the Tigers won six of those games.