1943 Boston College Eagles football team

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1943 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0–1
Head coach
Captain Ed Doherty [1]
Home stadium Alumni Field, Fenway Park
Seasons
←  1942
1944  →
1943 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College  – 4 –0 –1
Franklin & Marshall  – 7 –1 –0
Dartmouth  – 6 –1 –0
No. 11 Army  – 7 –2 –1
Holy Cross  – 6 –2 –0
Tufts  – 6 –2 –0
No. 20 Penn  – 6 –2 –1
Brown  – 5 –3 –0
Villanova  – 5 –3 –0
Colgate  – 5 –3 –1
Penn State  – 5 –3 –1
Bucknell  – 6 –4 –0
Cornell  – 6 –4 –0
Harvard  – 2 –2 –1
Yale  – 4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh  – 3 –5 –0
Temple  – 2 –6 –0
CCNY  – 1 –3 –1
Princeton  – 1 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 0 –4 –1
Columbia  – 0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1943 college football season. The Eagles were led by head coach Moody Sarno, who was in his first year covering for Denny Myers while Myers served in the United States Navy. Boston College played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston.

College football in the Boston area was significantly disrupted by World War II, as many college players and coaches left school to serve the war effort. The only player for Boston College left from its 1943 Orange Bowl squad was captain Ed "The Brain" Doherty, who also assisted Moody Sarno in coaching duties. [2] Playing a shortened schedule consisting mainly of teams from military bases, the Eagles finished the year unbeaten with a record of 4–0–1.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Boston College ranked 144th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 53.3. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 17Boston College Army Training team
W 7–0
October 24 Camp Hingham
W 42–610,000
October 31 Brooklyn
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 37–611,000
November 7 Rome Air Force Base
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 64–014,700
November 14at Harvard
T 6–645,000 [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. ↑ Nason, Jerry (October 19, 1943). "'The Brain' Now Becomes Eagles Football Team". The Boston Globe. p. 9.
  3. ↑ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ "45,000 See Harvard Rally to Tie Boston College, 6-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 21, 1943. p. S3.
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