Schedule
Boston College announced its 2017 football schedule on January 24, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Eagles hosted ACC foes Florida State, NC State, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest, and traveled to Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse, and Virginia.[1]
The Eagles hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Central Michigan from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Notre Dame, an independent, and traveled to Northern Illinois who is also from the MAC. Boston College met Connecticut from the American Athletic Conference at Fenway Park in late November.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 9:30 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | | CBSSN | W 23–20 | 16,421 |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | | ACCN Extra | L 10–34 | 38,082 |
September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | Notre Dame* | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)
| ESPN | L 20–49 | 44,500 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Clemson | | ESPN2 | L 7–34 | 80,525 |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Michigan* | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| ACCN Extra | W 28–8 | 27,036 |
October 7 | 7:15 p.m. | No. 16 Virginia Tech | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
| ESPN2 | L 10–23 | 32,057 |
October 14 | 12:20 p.m. | at Louisville | | ACCN | W 45–42 | 44,679 |
October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at Virginia | | ACCRSN | W 41–10 | 39,216 |
October 27 | 8:00 p.m. | Florida State | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| ESPN | W 35–3 | 40,629 |
November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | NC State | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| ABC/ESPN2 | L 14–17 | 33,242 |
November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Connecticut* | | CBSSN | W 39–16 | 20,133 |
November 25 | 12:20 p.m. | at Syracuse | | ACCN | W 42–14 | 30,202 |
December 27 | 5:15 PM | vs. Iowa* | | ESPN | L 20–27 | 37,667 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- Schedule Source:[2]
Game summaries
at Northern Illinois
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Eagles |
3 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
23 |
Huskies |
3 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
20 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–0 |
2015 |
W, 17–14 |
Wake Forest
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Demon Deacons |
7 |
14 |
10 |
3 |
34 |
Eagles |
0 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
13–9–2 |
2016 |
W, 17–14 |
Notre Dame
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Fighting Irish |
7 |
7 |
14 |
21 |
49 |
Eagles |
3 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
9–13 |
2015 |
L, 16–19 |
at Clemson
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Eagles |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Tigers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
27 |
34 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
9–15–2 |
2016 |
L, 10–56 |
Central Michigan
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Chippewas |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Eagles |
14 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
3–0 |
2009 |
W, 31–10 |
Virginia Tech
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hokies |
7 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
23 |
Eagles |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
8–17 |
2016 |
L, 0–49 |
at Louisville
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Eagles |
7 |
7 |
14 |
17 |
45 |
Cardinals |
14 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
42 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
3–6 |
2016 |
L, 7–52 |
at Virginia
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Eagles |
17 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
41 |
Cavaliers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
5–0 |
2010 |
W, 17–13 |
Florida State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Seminoles |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Eagles |
7 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
35 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
4–10 |
2016 |
L, 7–45 |
NC State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wolfpack |
0 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
Eagles |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
9–5 |
2016 |
W, 21–14 |
vs Connecticut
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Huskies |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
16 |
Eagles |
0 |
14 |
19 |
6 |
39 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
11–0–2 |
2016 |
W, 30–0 |
at Syracuse
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Eagles |
14 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
42 |
Orange |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
19–31 |
2016 |
L, 20–28 |
vs Iowa–Pinstripe Bowl
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hawkeyes |
3 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
27 |
Eagles |
7 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
20 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
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