1896 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1896 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1896 college football season. The 8 to 6 win over Holy Cross is disputed.[1]

1896 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
1896 record	5–3
Head coach	Frank Carney (1st season)

1896 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Fordham		–		1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette		–		11	–	0	–	1
Princeton		–		10	–	0	–	1
Penn		–		14	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		13	–	1	–	0
Duquesne		–		11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo		–		8	–	1	–	2
Army		–		3	–	2	–	1
Boston College		–		5	–	3	–	0
Storrs		–		5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	2
Cornell		–		5	–	3	–	1
Villanova		–		10	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		7	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	2	–	0
Carlisle		–		5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		6	–	7	–	0
Brown		–		4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan		–		4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall		–		3	–	4	–	2
Geneva		–		3	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		3	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	1
Amherst		–		3	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross		–		1	–	3	–	2
Western Univ. Penn.		–		3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		2	–	5	–	0
Tufts		–		2	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire		–		1	–	4	–	0
Massachusetts		–		0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island		–		0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 3	at Campello	Brockton Fairgrounds	L 0–24
October 7	at Exeter Academy		W 8–0
October 10	Andover Academy		W 14–6
October 14	at Tufts	Tufts Oval Somerville, MA	L 8–22
October 24	at Whitman Athletic Club		L 0–4
November 8	at Holy Cross	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA (rivalry)	W 6–2
November 14	Holy Cross	South End Grounds Boston, MA	W 8–6
November 28	Boston University	South End Grounds Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 10–0

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) Sullivan 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 2019 2020
National championship seasons in bold

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