1951 Boston College Eagles football team

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1951 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record3–6
Head coach
CaptainMike Roarke[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 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
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 during the 1951 college football season. The Eagles were led by first-year head coach Mike Holovak and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Wake Forest
L 6–2020,587
October 5at Ole Miss
L 7–349,000
October 12Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 19–3516,763[2]
October 19Detroit
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 13–1910,123[3]
October 27at Georgia
L 28–3518,000
November 2Richmond
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 21–75,514
November 10at Clemson
L 2–2114,000
November 17Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–137,782
December 1No. 19 Holy Cross
W 19–1441,000[4]
  • 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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Titans Make 19-0 Lead Last to Edge BC, 19-13". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1951. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 25, 1951). "B.C. Upsets Holy Cross, 19 to 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1951 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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