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    1950 Boston College Eagles football team

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    1950 Boston College Eagles football
    ConferenceIndependent
    Record0–9–1
    Head coach
    • Denny Myers (7th season)
    CaptainPhil Cohen[1]
    Home stadiumBraves Field
    Seasons
    ← 1949
    1951 →
    1950 Eastern college football independents records
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    		 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
    Gannon   –   6 – 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

    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.

    Schedule

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    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 22Wake Forest
    • Braves Field
    • Boston, MA
    		T 7–712,324[3]
    September 30at No. 6 Oklahoma
    • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
    • Norman, OK
    		L 0–2833,000[4]
    October 7at Ole Miss
    • Hemingway Stadium
    • Oxford, MS
    		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
    • Braves Field
    • Boston, MA (rivalry)
    		L 14–359,606[8]
    November 18Villanova
    • Braves Field
    • Boston, MA
    		L 7–296,281
    December 2Holy Cross
    • Braves Field
    • Boston, MA (rivalry)
    		L 14–3225,035[9]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    References

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    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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