1951 Boston College Eagles football team

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1951 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainMike Roarke[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Susquehanna   –   6 – 0 – 0
Trenton State   –   6 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Holovak, the Eagles compiled a record of 3–6. The team was ranked at No. 85 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Boston College played home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Wake Forest
L 6–2020,587[3]
October 5at Ole Miss
L 7–349,000[4]
October 12Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 19–3516,763[5]
October 19Detroit
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 13–1910,123[6]
October 27at Georgia
L 28–3510,000[7]
November 2Richmond
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 21–75,514[8]
November 10at Clemson
L 2–2114,000[9]
November 17Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–137,782
December 1No. 19 Holy Cross
W 19–1441,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ a b 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wake Forest wins in Rogers' debut". The Chattanooga Daily Times. September 22, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ole Miss wallops Boston College 34–7". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 7, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Mozley, Dana (October 13, 1951). "Franz Passes Fordham to Win over BC, 35-49". Daily News. New York, N.Y. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Titans Make 19-0 Lead Last to Edge BC, 19-13". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1951. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia beats BC on flashy air attack". The Birmingham News. October 28, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "B.C. beats Richmond; 1st victory since 1949". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Hair provides Clemson's spark as B.C. bows, 21–2". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 25, 1951). "B.C. Upsets Holy Cross, 19 to 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "1951 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.


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