1948 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1948 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1948 college football season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Denny Myers and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College finished with a record of 5–2–2.

1948 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1948 record5–2–2
Head coachDenny Myers (5th season)
CaptainJohn Furey[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army      8 0 1
No. 19 Cornell      8 1 0
Penn State      7 1 1
Villanova      8 2 1
Brown      7 2 0
Boston College      5 2 2
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Penn      5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 3 1
Harvard      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Columbia      4 5 0
Yale      4 5 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 6 0
Fordham      3 6 0
NYU      3 6 0
Temple      2 6 1
Duquesne      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Hofstra      0 6 2
Syracuse      1 8 0
Drexel      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24Wake ForestW 26–926,302
October 1at GeorgetownW 13–616,768
October 9St. Bonaventure
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
T 7–716,000
October 15Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–1330,178
October 23at No. 20 Ole MissL 13–3220,312
October 29No. 13 Clemson
L 19–2625,169
November 13William & Mary
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
T 14–1415,112
November 20Saint Mary's (CA)
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 19–713,693[2]
November 27Holy Cross
W 21–2046,132
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[3][1]

References

  1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. Bob Holbrook (November 21, 1948). "B.C. Whips St. Mary's, 19-7, on Songin Passes". The Boston Globe. p. 29 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1948 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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