1987 Boston College Eagles football team

1987 Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Boston College Eagles football
1987 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
1987 record	5–6
Head coach	Jack Bicknell (7th season)
Captain	Peter Casparriello
Captain	Dave Nugent
Captain	Jim Turner
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium ; (Capacity: 32,000) ; Sullivan Stadium (alternate) ; (Capacity: 60,292)

The 1987 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Jack Bicknell, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They also played an alternate-site home game at Sullivan Stadium (now Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 5	TCU	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 38–20
September 12	Temple	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 28–7
September 19	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 17–23
September 26	No. 15 Penn State	Sullivan Stadium • Foxborough, MA	L 17–27
October 3	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–10
October 10	Army	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 29–24
October 17	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	L 24–38
October 24	West Virginia	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 16–37
October 31	No. 13 Tennessee	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 20–18
November 7	at No. 9 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Holy War)	L 25–32
November 14	at No. 6 Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (Rivalry)	L 17–45
^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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1987 Boston College Eagles football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`53`	Bill Romanowski	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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Boston College Eagles football
Venues	Alumni Field (1915–1957) Braves Field (1920–1930, 1944, 1946–1952, alternate) Fenway Park (1929–1930, 1936–1945, 1953–1956, alternate) Alumni Stadium (1957–present) South End Grounds (alternate) Foxboro Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston University (Green Line Rivalry) Clemson (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) Holy Cross Notre Dame: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Syracuse UMass Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Baldwin the Eagle "For Boston" Marching band Scanlan Award Hail Flutie
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold

1987 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)		–		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Syracuse		–		–		11	–	0	–	1
No. 2 Florida State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 15 South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Notre Dame		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
West Virginia		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Tulane		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Boston College		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Akron		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Temple		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll