1939 Boston College Eagles football team
| 1939 Boston College Eagles football | |
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Cotton Bowl Classic, L 3–6 vs. Clemson | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 11 |
| 1939 record | 9–2 |
| Head coach | Frank Leahy (1st season) |
| Captain | Ernie Schwotzer |
| Home stadium | Alumni Field & Fenway Park |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Boston College | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Notre Dame | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Fordham | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1939 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1939 college football season.[1] The Eagles were led by first-year head coach Frank Leahy and played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston. The team finished the regular season with a 9–1 record, and the Eagles were ranked in the final AP Poll for the first time in school history, at 11th. They were invited to the school's first bowl game, the 1940 Cotton Bowl, where they were defeated by Clemson.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 30 | Lebanon Valley | Alumni Field • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 45–0 | 16,000 | |||||
| October 6 | at Saint Joseph's | Alumni Field • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 20–6 | 22,685 | |||||
| October 12 | Florida | Fenway Park • Boston, MA | L 0–7 | 18,000 | |||||
| October 21 | Temple | Fenway Park • Boston, MA | W 19–0 | 13,300 | |||||
| October 28 | St. Anselm | Alumni Field • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 28–0 | ||||||
| November 4 | Auburn | Fenway Park • Boston, MA | W 13–7 | 14,000 | |||||
| November 11 | at Detroit | University of Detroit Stadium • Detroit, MI | W 20–13 | 10,342 | |||||
| November 18 | Boston University | Fenway Park • Boston, MA (Rivalry) | W 19–0 | 13,000 | |||||
| November 25 | Kansas State | Fenway Park • Boston, MA | W 38–7 | 11,000 | |||||
| December 2 | No. 10 Holy Cross | Fenway Park • Boston, MA (Rivalry) | W 14–0 | 40,432 | |||||
| January 1, 1940 | vs. No. 12 Clemson | No. 11 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl) | L 3–6 | 20,000 | ||||
| #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. | |||||||||
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