1916 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainMaurice Dullea
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Fenway Park
1916 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Army    9 0 0
Pittsburgh    8 0 0
Brown    8 1 0
Colgate    8 1 0
Yale    8 1 0
Fordham    6 1 1
Swarthmore    6 1 1
Penn State    8 2 0
Washington & Jefferson    8 2 0
Boston College    6 2 0
Cornell    6 2 0
Princeton    6 2 0
Lehigh    6 2 1
Dartmouth    5 2 2
Harvard    7 3 0
Penn    7 3 1
Temple    3 1 2
Tufts    5 3 0
Carnegie Tech    4 3 0
Rutgers    3 2 2
NYU    4 3 1
Syracuse    5 4 0
Holy Cross    4 5 0
Vermont    4 5 0
Rhode Island State    3 4 1
Geneva    2 5 2
Carlisle    1 3 1
Lafayette    2 6 1
Bucknell    3 9 0
Columbia    1 5 2
Franklin & Marshall    1 7 0
Villanova    1 8 0

The 1916 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Charles Brickley, Boston College compiled a record of 6–2.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 233:00 p.m.Neponset Wanderers
W 16–0[1]
September 30at Dartmouth
L 6–32
October 123:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 19–0[2]
October 21at Tufts
L 0–13
October 28at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 21–7
November 42:30 p.m.Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 39–0[3][4]
November 182:15 p.m.Worcester Tech
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 49–0[5]
December 2Holy CrossW 17–148,000[6]

References

  1. "Boston College Line Showing Improvement". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 23, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved May 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. "Boston College May Try Open Game In Today's Game". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Boston College Ready For Rhode Island State". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Boston College 39, Rhode Island 0". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1916. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Boston College Plays Worcester Tech Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. Sweeney, Lawrence J. (December 3, 1916). "Boston Wins Bitter Battle". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.


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