1949 Boston College Eagles football team

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.

1949 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainArt Spinney[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
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

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

[7][1]

References
  1. 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. "Ole Miss ties Boston College". The Tampa Tribune. October 15, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Nason, Jerry (November 27, 1949). "Eagles Set Record Mangling H.C., 76-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "1949 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.


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