1950 Boston College Eagles football team

1950 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–9–1
Head coach	Denny Myers (7th season)
Captain	Phil Cohen [1]
Home stadium	Braves Field
Seasons ←  1949 1951  →

1950 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Thiel			–					7	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Army			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					3	–	5	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	6	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	5	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1950 college football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Denny Myers and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College finished winless for the first time since 1902 with a record of 0–9–1. The tie came against Wake Forest. Myers announced his resignation as head coach prior to the season finale against rival Holy Cross. ^[2] He compiled a record of 35–27–4 while at Boston College.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Wake Forest	Braves Field Boston, MA	T 7–7	12,324	[3]
September 30	at No. 6 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 0–28	33,000	[4]
October 7	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 0–54	15,000	[5]
October 13	Fordham	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 6–26	10,884	[6]
October 20	Georgetown	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 10–20	14,538
October 27	Georgia	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 7–19	9,243	[7]
November 4	Penn State	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 13–20	8,503
November 11	No. 13 Clemson	Braves Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 14–35	9,606	[8]
November 18	Villanova	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 7–29	6,281
December 2	Holy Cross	Braves Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 14–32	25,035	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
2. "Myers Quits Boston College". The Washington Post. November 22, 1950. p. 16.
3. Jerry Nason. "B.C. Eleven Ties Wake Forest, 7-7, Before 12,324". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Oklahoma again humiliates Eagles, 28–0". The Boston Globe. October 1, 1950. Retrieved September 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Ole Miss beats Boston College". The Tampa Tribune. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
6. Roberts, Ernie (October 14, 1950). "Boston College Trounced, 26-6, by Fordham". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Georgia passes bomb BC, 19–7". The Atlanta Constitution. October 28, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Clemson's last-half burst smothers Bostonians". The State. November 12, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
9. Nason, Jerry (December 3, 1950). "Holy Cross Rally Beats B.C., 32-14". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "1950 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.