1917 Boston College football team

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1917 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record6–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles Fitzgerald
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   10 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 3
New Hampshire   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 2 – 3
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1917 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College during the 1917 college football season.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 292:15 p.m.Norwich
W 26–07,000[1][2]
October 6Naval Reserves
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 40–02,000[3]
October 12Tufts
W 20–03,000[4]
October 20at Brown
L 2–7
November 3Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 48–0[5]
November 10Holy Cross
W 34–65,000[6]
November 172:15 p.m.Middlebury
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 31–6[7]
November 24at Army
L 7–14

References[]

  1. ^ "Boston College Expects Stiff Game From Norwich". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 29, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. ^ "Boston College Blanks Norwich". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Boston College Wins Again, Piling Up 40 Points Easily". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Boston College Eleven Defeats Tufts, Fighting Hard, 20 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Boston College Team Swamps Rhode Island State 48 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "Boston College, Well Drilled in Football, Triumphs over Holy Cross Eleven, 34 to 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 11, 1917. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Boston College To Start Its Best Team". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.

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