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1938 Boston College Eagles football team

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1938 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainBill Flynn
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Fenway Park
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. Led by Gil Dobie in his third and final season as head coach, the Eagles compiled a record of 6–1–2. Boston College played home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Fenway Park in Boston.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Canisius
W 63–12
September 30Northeastern
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 13–07,500[1]
October 12DetroitW 9–620,000[2]
October 21at TempleT 26–2612,000
October 29Florida
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 33–07,732
November 5Indiana
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 14–025,000
November 11Boston University
W 21–1415,000
November 19Saint Anselm
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
T 0–0
November 26vs. No. 11 Holy Cross
L 7–2936,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Boston College tops Northeastern 13–0". The Bangor Daily News. October 1, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ W.W. Edgar (October 13, 1938). "Boston Wipes Out a Titan Victory in Four Minutes". Detroit Free Press. pp. 17–18 – via Newspapers.com.