1943 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1943 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1943 college football season. The Eagles were led by head coach Moody Sarno, who was in his first year covering for Denny Myers while Myers served in the United States Navy. Boston College played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston.

1943 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record4–0–1
Head coachMoody Sarno (1st season)
CaptainEd Doherty[1]
Home stadiumAlumni Field & Fenway Park
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College      4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall      7 1 0
Dartmouth      6 1 0
No. 11 Army      7 2 1
Holy Cross      6 2 0
Tufts      6 2 0
No. 20 Penn      6 2 1
Brown      5 3 0
Villanova      5 3 0
Colgate      5 3 1
Penn State      5 3 1
Cornell      6 4 0
Yale      4 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 5 0
Temple      2 6 0
Princeton      1 6 0
Carnegie Tech      0 4 1
Columbia      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

College football in the Boston area was significantly disrupted by World War II, as many college players and coaches left school to serve the war effort. The only player for Boston College left from its 1943 Orange Bowl squad was captain Ed "The Brain" Doherty, who also assisted Moody Sarno in coaching duties.[2] Playing a shortened schedule consisting mainly of teams from military bases, the Eagles finished the year unbeaten with a record of 4–0–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 17Boston College Army Training teamW 7–0
October 24Camp HinghamW 42–610,000
October 31Brooklyn
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 37–611,000
November 7Rome Air Force Base
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 64–014,700
November 14at Harvard
T 6–645,000

Source:[1]

References

  1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. Nason, Jerry (October 19, 1943). "'The Brain' Now Becomes Eagles Football Team". The Boston Globe. p. 9.
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