1949 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1949 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1949 college football season. The Eagles were led by sixth-year head coach Denny Myers and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College finished with a record of 4–4–1.

1949 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record4–4–1
Head coachDenny Myers (6th season)
CaptainArt Spiney[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Army      9 0 0
Brown      8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell      8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova      8 1 0
Buffalo      6 3 0
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Princeton      6 3 0
Fordham      5 3 0
Tufts      5 3 1
Carnegie Tech      5 3 1
Penn State      5 4 0
Temple      5 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Yale      4 4 0
Boston College      4 4 1
Syracuse      4 5 0
Drexel      3 3 1
Duquesne      3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 5 2
NYU      3 6 0
Columbia      2 7 0
Colgate      1 8 0
Harvard      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

In the annual rivalry game against Holy Cross, Boston College routed the Crusaders 76–0, by far the most lopsided result in the history of the series.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23OklahomaL 0–4636,241
September 30Wake Forest
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 13–719,156
October 8at Penn StateL 14–3216,000
October 14Ole Miss
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
T 25–2520,103
October 21Georgetown
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–1022,763
October 28Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 14–2825,789
November 5at ClemsonW 40–2719,000
November 12Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–1215,798
November 26Holy Cross
W 76–038,771

Sources:[3][1]

References

  1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. Nichols, Joseph C. (November 27, 1949). "Boston College Routs Holy Cross By 76-0, Patea Getting 34 Points". The New York Times. p. S1.
  3. "1949 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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