1895 Boston College Eagles football team

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1895 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1895 record2–4–2
Head coach Joseph Lawless (1st season)
Seasons
  1894
1896  
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn     1400
Yale     1302
Princeton     1011
Harvard     821
Lafayette     620
Syracuse     622
Army     520
Colgate     420
Tufts     850
Wesleyan     630
Amherst     650
Brown     761
Carlisle     440
Rutgers     440
Villanova     330
Penn State     223
Cornell     341
New Hampshire     231
Frankin & Marshall     351
Boston College     242
Lehigh     360
CCNY     251
Temple     141
MIT     140
Trinity (CT)     140
Massachusetts     150
Western Univ. Penn.     160

The 1895 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1895 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 2at Andover Academy L 0–22
October 5at Campello Athletic ClubL 10–28
October 8 Tufts L 0–28
October 26 Hyde Park Athletic Association Stony Brook GroundsT 6–6
November 2at Whitman Athletic ClubT 0–0
November 9at Fitchburg Athletic ClubW 6–0
November 9vs. Marlboro Athletic ClubW 14–0
November 28 Boston University L 0–22

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