1949 Boston College Eagles football team

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1949 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Captain Art Spinney [1]
Home stadium Braves Field
Seasons
←  1948
1950  →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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

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

[9] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
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