1952 Boston College Eagles football team

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1952 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1952 record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Toppa[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1952 college football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Mike Holovak and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Richmond
W 14–713,413
October 4vs. Wake Forest
T 7–711,000[2]
October 10Drake
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–1413,628
October 17No. 15 Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–2823,415
October 24Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 14–1313,991[3]
October 31Clemson
L 0–1310,040
November 7at Detroit
W 23–2012,280[4]
November 15Xavier
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 0–66,640
November 28Holy Cross
L 7–2137,889[5]
  • 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. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 4, 1952). "Winston-Salem Agog Over B.C.-Wake Forest". Boston Globe. p. 7.
  3. ^ Keane, Clif (October 25, 1952). "B.C. Halts Fordham at Goal to Save 14-13 Victory". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Dick Peters (November 8, 1952). "Last-Play Try from BC 1 Fails; U-D Falls, 23-20". Detroit Free Press. pp. 15–16.
  5. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 28, 1952). "H.C. Cashes B.C. Miscues for 21-7 Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1952 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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