American college football season
1984 Boston College Eagles football Conference Independent Coaches No. 4 AP No. 5 1984 record 10–2 Head coach Defensive coordinator Seymour "Red" Kelin (4th season)Captains
Mark MacDonald
David Thomas
Scott Harrington
Home stadium Alumni Stadium (capacity: 32,000)Seasons
The 1984 Boston College Eagles football team represented the Boston College in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season .
The Eagles finished the season with a 10–2 record.[1] Doug Flutie gained national attention in 1984 when he quarterbacked the Eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game against the Miami Hurricanes (led by QB Bernie Kosar ). The game was nationally televised on CBS the day after Thanksgiving and thus had a huge audience. Miami staged a dramatic drive to take the lead, 45–41, in the closing minute of the game. Boston College then took possession at its own 22-yard line with 28 seconds to go. After two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only 6 seconds remained. On the last play of the game, Flutie scrambled away from the defense and threw a Hail Mary pass that was caught in the end zone by Gerard Phelan , giving BC a 47–45 win. Although many people think that play clinched the Heisman Trophy for Flutie, the voting was already complete before that game.[2]
Flutie left school as the NCAA's all-time passing yardage leader with 10,579 yards and was a consensus All-American as a senior. He earned Player of the Year awards from UPI , Kodak , The Sporting News , and the Maxwell Football Club .
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 1 Western Carolina No. 19 W 44–2432,000
September 8 at No. 9 Alabama No. 18 Legion Field Birmingham, AL ABC W 38–3167,821
September 22 North Carolina No. 10 ESPN W 52–2044,672
October 13 Temple No. 4 Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA W 24–1032,000
October 20 at No. 20 West Virginia No. 4 ABC L 20–2160,286
October 27 Rutgers No. 11 Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA W 35–2332,000
November 3 at Penn State No. 9 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC L 30–3785,690
November 10 Army No. 16 Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA KATZ W 45–3132,000
November 17 Syracuse No. 13 Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA (rivalry ) KATZ W 24–1660,890
November 23 at No. 12 Miami (FL) No. 10 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL CBS W 47–45 30,325
December 1 at Holy Cross No. 8 W 45–1025,000 [3]
January 1, 1985 vs. Houston No. 8 CBS W 45–2867,381
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster [ ]
1984 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
22
Doug Flutie
Sr
WR
20
Gerard Phelan
Sr
WR
3
Sr
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
19
18
10
10
5
4
4
4
11
9
16
13
10
8
8
5
Coaches
20
16
9
7
7
5
4
5
10
7
16
13
10
8
8
4
[4]
Game summaries [ ]
Western Carolina [ ]
at Alabama [ ]
North Carolina [ ]
Temple [ ]
at West Virginia [ ]
Rutgers [ ]
at Penn State [ ]
Army [ ]
Syracuse [ ]
at Miami (FL) [ ]
Boston College at Miami (FL)
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 10 Eagles
14
14 3 16
47
No. 12 Hurricanes
7
14 10 14
45
Date: November 23Location: Orange Bowl , Miami, Florida Game attendance: 30,325TV announcers (CBS ): Brent Musburger , Ara Parseghian , and Pat Haden
[5]
[6]
Holy Cross [ ]
vs. Houston (Cotton Bowl) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Eagles
17
14
0
14
45
Cougars
7
7
14
0
28
[7]
[8]
Awards and honors [ ]
1984 team players in the NFL [ ]
The following players were claimed in the 1985 NFL Draft .[11]
Bill Romanowski was also a member of the team and was drafted in 1988 .
References [ ]
^ "Boston College-1984" . College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010.
^ "Heisman Trophy" . Heisman.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009.
^ Thomsen, Ian (December 2, 1984). "Small Wonder, No Wonder; Eagles Wrap Up HC, 45-10" . Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Boston College 1984 AP Football Rankings" . collegepollarchive.com . Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
^ "FLUTIE'S PASS ON LAST PLAY OVERCOMES MIAMI BY 47-45" . The New York Times . November 24, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
^ "Flutie's Desperation Pass Beats Miami, 47-45" . The Washington Post . November 24, 1984. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
^ "FLUTIE PASSES FOR 3 SCORES AS BOSTON COLLEGE WINS" . The New York Times . January 2, 1985. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
^ "Flutie Short of Miracles but BC Wins, 45-28" . The Washington Post . January 2, 1985. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
^ "Heisman Winners" . Heisman. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
^ "Football" .
^ "1985 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
Venues
South End Grounds (1893–1899, 1902)
American League Baseball Grounds (1901)
Alumni Field (1915–1921, 1923, 1932–1941, 1943–1945, 1955)
Fenway Park (1914–1917, 1919–1920, 1927–1931, 1936–1945, 1953–1956)
Braves Field (1918–1927, 1944, 1946–1952)
Alumni Stadium (1957–present)
Sullivan Stadium (alternate)
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