1951 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainMike Roarke[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1951 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell   –  9 –0 –0
No. 6 Princeton   –  9 –0 –0
Northeastern   –  6 –0 –1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –  8 –2 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  6 –2 –0
Hofstra   –  6 –2 –1
Cornell   –  6 –3 –0
No. 16 Boston University   –  6 –4 –0
Temple   –  6 –4 –0
Columbia   –  5 –3 –0
Villanova   –  5 –3 –0
Fordham   –  5 –4 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  5 –4 –0
Penn   –  5 –4 –0
Penn State   –  5 –4 –0
Syracuse   –  5 –4 –0
Buffalo   –  4 –4 –0
Colgate   –  4 –5 –0
Dartmouth   –  4 –5 –0
Drexel   –  3 –4 –0
Harvard   –  3 –5 –1
Boston College   –  3 –6 –0
Yale   –  2 –5 –2
Pittsburgh   –  3 –7 –0
Geneva   –  2 –5 –0
Army   –  2 –7 –0
Brown   –  2 –7 –0
NYU   –  1 –7 –0
Tufts   –  0 –7 –2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Holovak, the Eagles compiled a record of 3–6. The team was ranked at No. 85 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Boston College played home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Wake Forest
L 6–2020,587[3]
October 5at Ole Miss
L 7–349,000[4]
October 12Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 19–3516,763[5]
October 19Detroit
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 13–1910,123[6]
October 27at Georgia
L 28–3510,000[7]
November 2Richmond
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 21–75,514[8]
November 10at Clemson
L 2–2114,000[9]
November 17Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–137,782
December 1No. 19 Holy Cross
W 19–1441,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. 1 2 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. ↑ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Wake Forest wins in Rogers' debut". The Chattanooga Daily Times. September 22, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Ole Miss wallops Boston College 34–7". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 7, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Mozley, Dana (October 13, 1951). "Franz Passes Fordham to Win over BC, 35-49". Daily News. New York, N.Y. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Titans Make 19-0 Lead Last to Edge BC, 19-13". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1951. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Georgia beats BC on flashy air attack". The Birmingham News. October 28, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "B.C. beats Richmond; 1st victory since 1949". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Hair provides Clemson's spark as B.C. bows, 21–2". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Nason, Jerry (November 25, 1951). "B.C. Upsets Holy Cross, 19 to 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "1951 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.


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