1948 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
CaptainJohn Furey[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1948 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Army   –  8 –0 –1
No. 19 Cornell   –  8 –1 –0
Penn State   –  7 –1 –1
Buffalo   –  6 –1 –1
Villanova   –  8 –2 –1
Brown   –  7 –2 –0
Boston University   –  6 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –  6 –2 –0
Boston College   –  5 –2 –2
Pittsburgh   –  6 –3 –0
Penn   –  5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  5 –3 –1
Harvard   –  4 –4 –0
Princeton   –  4 –4 –0
Columbia   –  4 –5 –0
Yale   –  4 –5 –0
CCNY   –  3 –4 –1
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Colgate   –  3 –6 –0
Fordham   –  3 –6 –0
NYU   –  3 –6 –0
Temple   –  2 –6 –1
Duquesne   –  2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  1 –7 –0
Hofstra   –  0 –6 –2
Bucknell   –  1 –8 –0
Syracuse   –  1 –8 –0
Drexel   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1948 college football season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Denny Myers.

Boston College was ranked at No. 46 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

The team played its home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College finished with a record of 5–2–2.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Wake Forest
W 26–926,302
October 1at Georgetown
W 13–616,766[3]
October 9St. Bonaventure
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
T 7–716,000
October 15Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–1330,178
October 23at No. 20 Ole Miss
L 13–3220,312
October 29No. 13 Clemson
L 19–2625,169
November 13William & Mary
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
T 14–1415,112
November 20Saint Mary's
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 19–713,693[4]
November 27Holy Cross
W 21–2046,132[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6][1]

References

  1. 1 2 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. ↑ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Miller, Vern (October 2, 1948). "Clock Thwarts Georgetown Bid, B.C. Wins, 13-6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Bob Holbrook (November 21, 1948). "B.C. Whips St. Mary's, 19-7, on Songin Passes". The Boston Globe. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Nason, Jerry (November 28, 1948). "B.C. Edges H.C., 21-20, by Third-Period Surge". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "1948 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.


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