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1949 Boston College Eagles football team

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1949 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainArt Spinney[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent     10 0 0
No. 4 Army     9 0 0
Trinity (CT)     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell     8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova     8 1 0
Bucknell     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 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
CCNY     2 5 1
NYU     3 6 0
Columbia     2 7 0
Hofstra     1 5 1
Colgate     1 8 0
Harvard     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent 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.

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23OklahomaL 0–4636,241
September 30Wake Forest
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 13–719,156[3]
October 8at Penn StateL 14–3216,000
October 14Ole Miss
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
T 25–2520,103[4]
October 21Georgetown
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–1022,763[5]
October 28Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 14–2825,789
November 5at ClemsonW 40–2719,000[6]
November 12Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–1215,798[7]
November 26Holy Cross
W 76–038,771[8]

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "Boston College rallies to beat Deacons, 13–7". The News and Observer. October 1, 1949. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ole Miss ties Boston College". The Tampa Tribune. October 15, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Holbrook, Bob (October 22, 1949). "Georgetown Beats B.C. 10 to 7 on Field Goal". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Boston College overpowers Clemson 40–27". Greensboro Daily News. November 6, 1949. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Keane, Clif (November 13, 1949). "Petela's Fullback Play Paces B.C. over Fordham, 20-12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 27, 1949). "Eagles Set Record Mangling H.C., 76-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "1949 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.