1983 Boston College Eagles football team

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1983 Boston College Eagles football
Liberty Bowl, L 18–19 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 19
Record9–3
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Seymour "Red" Kelin (3rd season)
Captains
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
Sullivan Stadium
Seasons
←  1982
1984  →
1983 Major eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 West Virginia 4 –1 –09 –3 –0
Penn State 3 –1 –18 –4 –1
No. 18 Pittsburgh 2 –1 –18 –3 –1
No. 19 Boston College $ 3 –2 –09 –3 –0
Syracuse 3 –3 –06 –5 –0
Temple 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
Rutgers 0 –5 –03 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll
1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)  – – 11 –1 –0
Virginia Tech  – – 9 –2 –0
No. 19 Boston College  – – 9 –3 –0
No. 16 West Virginia  – – 9 –3 –0
No. 20 East Carolina  – – 8 –3 –0
No. 18 Pittsburgh  – – 8 –3 –1
Florida State  – – 8 –4 –0
Penn State  – – 8 –4 –1
Southern Miss  – – 7 –4 –0
Memphis State  – – 6 –4 –1
Notre Dame  – – 7 –5 –0
Syracuse  – – 6 –5 –0
South Carolina  – – 5 –6 –0
Cincinnati  – 4 –6 –1
Southwestern Louisiana  – – 4 –6 –0
Temple  – – 4 –7 –0
Tulane  – – 4 –7 –0
Louisville  – – 3 –8 –0
Navy  – – 3 –8 –0
Rutgers  – – 3 –8 –0
Army  – – 2 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Jack Bicknell, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Sullivan Stadium (later known as Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Junior quarterback Doug Flutie threw for over 2,700 yards and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, leading Boston College to their first ranked finish in 41 years. They met their rivals, Notre Dame, in the 1983 Liberty Bowl.

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Boston College finished the season ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll, and captured the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (emblematic of the 'Eastern championship' in Division I FBS).

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3 Morgan State
W 45–1231,300
September 10 Clemson
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
W 31–1632,000–32,500 [1] [2]
September 17at Rutgers
W 42–2223,561
September 24No. 12 West Virginia No. 19
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
 ABC L 17–2732,000 [3]
October 1at Temple
W 18–157,033
October 8at Yale
W 42–731,108 [4]
October 29 Penn State No. 19
ABCW 27–1756,605
November 5at Army No. 16
W 34–1440,749
November 12at Syracuse No. 13
L 10–2141,225
November 19vs. Holy Cross No. 18
  • Sullivan Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA (rivalry)
ABCW 47–738,512 [5]
November 25No. 13 Alabama No. 15
  • Sullivan Stadium
  • Foxborough, MA
 CBS W 20–1358,047 [6]
December 29vs. Notre Dame No. 13
L 18–1947,071
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1983 Boston College Eagles football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 13 Brian Brennan Sr
RB 32 Jim Browne Jr
QB 22 Doug Flutie Jr
WR 20 Gerard Phelan Jr
RB 23 Troy Stradford Fr
WR 3 Chris Tripucka Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
NG 68 Mike Ruth So
LB 81 Andy Hemmer So
DB 17 Tony Thurman Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

No. 12 West Virginia

No. 13 Alabama

Vs. Notre Dame (Liberty Bowl)

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References

  1. ↑ "Stradford carries BC past Clemson". The Hartford Courant. September 11, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1984". Clemson University. 1984. p. 0. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ "W. Va. Mountaineers blitz Boston College". The Daily Advertiser. September 25, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Thomsen, Ian (October 9, 1983). "BC Scores Early and Often". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ May, Peter (November 20, 1983). "BC Pounds Holy Cross, Expects New Bowl Foe". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Turnovers turn back Tide; BC finishes with 9–2 record". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1983. Retrieved February 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "1983 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.


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