1953 Boston College Eagles football team

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1953 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJoe Johnson[1]
Home stadiumFenway Park
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)     8 0 0
Juniata     7 0 0
No. 14 Army     7 1 1
Harvard     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 2 0
Hofstra     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Yale     5 2 2
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Boston College     5 3 1
Boston University     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 1
Princeton     5 4 0
Tufts     4 3 0
Cornell     4 3 2
Holy Cross     5 5 0
Temple     4 4 1
Colgate     3 4 2
Columbia     4 5 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Villanova     4 6 0
Drexel     2 3 1
Brown     3 5 1
Penn     3 5 1
Pittsburgh     3 5 1
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 5 1
Bucknell     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Mike Holovak, the Eagles compiled a record of 5–3–1. Boston College played home games at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26ClemsonT 14–1410,960[2]
October 3at No. 19 LSUL 6–4225,000[3]
October 11Villanova
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 7–1511,901
October 16at FordhamW 20–1320,760[4]
October 25at XavierW 31–1410,000[5]
October 31Richmond
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 0–146,167[6]
November 7Wake Forest
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 20–73,273[7]
November 15Detroit
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 33–207,628[8]
November 28Holy Cross
W 6–037,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ a b 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 181.
  2. ^ "Clemson comes back, ties Boston College". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Davis stars in LSU's 42–6 win". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 4, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 17, 1953). "Boston College Wins Upset Victory over Fordham, 20 to 13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kane's passes, Zotti's runs win for B.C., 31–14". The Boston Daily Globe. October 26, 1953. Retrieved May 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Richmond interceptions halt B.C., 14–0". The Boston Globe. November 1, 1953. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Eagles whip Deacons, 20–7 on last period scores". The Hartford Courant. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Dick Peters (November 16, 1953). "U-D Muffs Lead to BC Victory". Detroit Free Press. pp. 37, 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 29, 1953). "B.C. Line Smothers Holy Cross, 6 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1953 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.