1934 Boston College Eagles football team

Last updated

1934 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainDave Couhig [1]
Home stadium Alumni Field
Seasons
←  1933
1935  →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tufts  – 8 –0 –0
Trinity (CT)  – 7 –0 –0
La Salle  – 7 –0 –1
Washington College  – 5 –0 –1
Franklin & Marshall  – 8 –1 –0
No. 4 Pittsburgh  – 8 –1 –0
No. 8 Colgate  – 7 –1 –0
Columbia  – 7 –1 –0
No. 5 Princeton  – 7 –1 –0
Duquesne  – 8 –2 –0
Holy Cross  – 8 –2 –0
No. 15 Temple  – 7 –1 –2
No. 10 Syracuse  – 6 –2 –0
Bucknell  – 7 –2 –2
No. 14 Army  – 7 –3 –0
Northeastern  – 6 –1 –1
Rochester  – 5 –2 –0
Dartmouth  – 6 –3 –0
Saint Anselm  – 6 –3 –0
Amherst  – 5 –3 –0
Fordham  – 5 –3 –0
Yale  – 5 –3 –0
Massachusetts State  – 5 –3 –1
CCNY  – 4 –3 –0
Providence  – 4 –3 –0
Drexel  – 4 –3 –1
Boston College  – 5 –4 –0
Bates  – 3 –3 –1
Middlebury  – 3 –3 –1
Penn  – 4 –4 –0
Penn State  – 4 –4 –0
Williams  – 4 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 4 –5 –0
Washington & Jefferson  – 4 –5 –0
Villanova  – 3 –4 –2
NYU  – 3 –4 –1
Boston University  – 3 –4 –0
Colby  – 3 –4 –0
Springfield  – 2 –3 –3
Manhattan  – 3 –5 –1
Harvard  – 3 –5 –0
Vermont  – 2 –4 –2
Wesleyan  – 3 –5 –0
Brown  – 3 –6 –0
Geneva  – 2 –5 –2
Saint Joseph's  – 2 –5 –1
Cornell  – 2 –5 –0
Lafayette  – 2 –6 –0
Norwich  – 2 –6 –0
Bowdoin  – 0 –6 –1
Lowell Textile  – 0 –7 –1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1934 college football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Joe McKenney and played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The team finished with a record of 5–4. At the conclusion of the season, McKenney resigned as head coach, seemingly at the height of his career at 30 years old, to accept a position as assistant director of physical education for Boston Public Schools. [2] McKenney was 44–18–3 while serving as head coach of Boston College.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Saint Anselm
W 18–6
October 6at Springfield Springfield, MA W 14–0
October 12 Fordham
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 0–622,000
October 20vs. Western Maryland
L 19–610,300 [3]
October 27 Providence
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 7–13
November 3 Villanova
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 6–0
November 122:00 p.m. Centre
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 7–012,000–20,000 [4] [5]
November 17 Boston University
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
W 10–010,000
December 1 Holy Cross
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
L 2–718,000

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 178.
  2. ↑ Lynch, Daniel (February 17, 1935). "Why Joe McKenney Quit At Height of His Career". The Boston Globe. p. A44.
  3. ↑ "Western Md. Routs Boston Eleven: Terrors Begin Fast and Roll Up Touchdowns". The Baltimore Sun. October 21, 1934 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Moore, Gerry (November 12, 1934). "Praying Colonels of Kentucky Arrive in Boston for Contest With Boston College Today". The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 6. Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 13, 1934). "B. C. Shades Centre Again In Last Period". The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. pp. 1, 18 . Retrieved August 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.