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1950 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1950 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1950 college football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Denny Myers and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College finished winless for the first time since 1902 with a record of 0–9–1. The tie came against Wake Forest. Myers announced his resignation as head coach prior to the season finale against rival Holy Cross.[2] He compiled a record of 35–27–4 while at Boston College.

1950 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–9–1
Head coach
CaptainPhil Cohen[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
St. Lawrence   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 6 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Wake Forest
T 7–712,324[3]
September 30at No. 6 Oklahoma
L 0–2833,000[4]
October 7at Ole Miss
L 0–5415,000[5]
October 13Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 6–2610,884[6]
October 20Georgetown
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 10–2014,538
October 27Georgia
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–199,243[7]
November 4Penn State
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 13–208,503
November 11No. 13 Clemson
L 14–359,606[8]
November 18Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–296,281
December 2Holy Cross
L 14–3225,035[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References edit

  1. ^ a b 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. ^ "Myers Quits Boston College". The Washington Post. November 22, 1950. p. 16.
  3. ^ Jerry Nason. "B.C. Eleven Ties Wake Forest, 7-7, Before 12,324". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Oklahoma again humiliates Eagles, 28–0". The Boston Globe. October 1, 1950. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss beats Boston College". The Tampa Tribune. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 14, 1950). "Boston College Trounced, 26-6, by Fordham". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia passes bomb BC, 19–7". The Atlanta Constitution. October 28, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Clemson's last-half burst smothers Bostonians". The State. November 12, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Nason, Jerry (December 3, 1950). "Holy Cross Rally Beats B.C., 32-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1950 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.


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