1987 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1987 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Jack Bicknell, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They also played an alternate-site home game at Sullivan Stadium (later known as Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

1987 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorSeymour "Red" Kelin (7th season)
Captains
  • Peter Casparriello
  • Dave Nugent
  • Jim Turner
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Sullivan Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Syracuse $ 5 0 0 11 0 1
Penn State 4 2 0 8 4 0
Pittsburgh 3 3 0 8 4 0
West Virginia 2 3 0 6 6 0
Rutgers 2 4 0 6 5 0
Boston College 2 4 0 5 6 0
Temple 1 3 0 3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Miami (FL)       12 0 0
No. 4 Syracuse       11 0 1
No. 2 Florida State       11 1 0
No. 15 South Carolina       8 4 0
Pittsburgh       8 4 0
Penn State       8 4 0
No. 17 Notre Dame       8 4 0
Southern Miss       6 5 0
Rutgers       6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana       6 5 0
Memphis State       5 5 1
Northern Illinois       5 5 1
West Virginia       6 6 0
Tulane       6 6 0
Army       5 6 0
Boston College       5 6 0
East Carolina       5 6 0
Akron       4 7 0
Cincinnati       4 7 0
Louisville       3 7 1
Temple       3 8 0
Tulsa       3 8 0
Virginia Tech       2 9 0
Navy       2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5TCUW 38–2030,000
September 12Temple
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 28–727,500
September 19at USCNo. 19L 17–2346,205
September 26No. 15 Penn StateL 17–2750,267
October 3at PittsburghW 13–1046,238
October 10Army
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 29–2431,500
October 17at RutgersL 24–3830,253
October 24West Virginia
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 16–3731,500[1]
October 31No. 13 Tennessee
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 20–1831,800
November 7at No. 9 Notre DameL 25–3259,075
November 14at No. 6 SyracuseL 17–4549,892
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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1987 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 24 Darren Flutie Jr
WR 16 Tom Waddle Jr
OT 69 Dave Widell Sr
G 74 Doug Widell Jr
OL 64 Joe Wolf Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 55 John Galvin Sr
LB 53 Bill Romanowski Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ "BC gets thrashed by West Virginia". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1987 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.