1953 Boston College Eagles football team

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1953 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJoe Johnson[1]
Home stadiumFenway Park
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 during the 1953 college football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Mike Holovak and played their home games at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Clemson
T 14–1410,960
October 3at No. 19 LSU
L 6–4225,000
October 11Villanova
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 7–1511,901
October 16at Fordham
W 20–1320,760[2]
October 25at Xavier
W 31–1410,000
October 31Richmond
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 0–146,167
November 7Wake Forest
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 20–73,273
November 15Detroit
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 33–207,628[3]
November 28Holy Cross
W 6–037,000[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. 181.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dick Peters (November 16, 1953). "U-D Muffs Lead to BC Victory". Detroit Free Press. pp. 37, 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "1953 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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