1901 Boston College football team

American college football season

1901 Boston College football

Conference| Independent
Record| 1–8
Head coach|

* John Dunlop (4th season)

Captain| Joe Kenney
Home stadium| American League Baseball Grounds

Seasons

← 1899

1902 →

1901 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Harvard |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 12  | – | 0  | – | 0
Yale |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 11  | – | 1  | – | 1
Cornell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 11  | – | 1  | – | 0
Dartmouth |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
Massachusetts |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Princeton |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 1
Syracuse |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Geneva |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Holy Cross |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Army |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 2
Western U. of Penn |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Lafayette |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 3  | – | 0
Swarthmore |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 2
Washington & Jefferson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 2
Frankin & Marshall |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 1
Penn |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 5  | – | 0
Buffalo |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0
Columbia |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 5  | – | 0
Fordham |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 1  | – | 1
Penn State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bucknell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Temple |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0
NYU |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 1
Pittsburgh College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0
Tufts |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 6  | – | 1
Vermont |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 1
Carlisle |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 7  | – | 1
Dickinson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Brown |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 1
Villanova |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0
Drexel |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1
Colgate |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0
Boston College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Lehigh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 11  | – | 0
New Hampshire |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0
Rutgers |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0

The 1901 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach John Dunlop, the team compiled a 1–8 record. Joe Kenney was the team captain.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 28| at Brown|

* Andrews Field
* Providence, RI

| L 0–12| [2]
October 9| at Dartmouth|

* Alumni Oval
* Hanover, NH

| L 0–45| [3]
October 12| at Bates|

* Garcelon Field
* Lewiston, ME

| L 0–6| [4]
October 16| at Exeter Academy| Exeter, NH| L 0–17| [5]
October 26| at New Hampshire| Durham, NH| W 17–0| [6][7]
October 30| at Andover Academy| Andover, MA| L 0–11| [8]
November 9| at Holy Cross|

* Worcester College Grounds
* Worcester, MA (rivalry)

| L 0–11| [9]
November 19| at Tufts|

* Tufts Oval
* Medford, MA

| L 0–12| [10]
November 28| Massachusetts|

* American League Baseball Grounds
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 0–11| [11]

## References

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1. ^ "2017 Boston College Football Record Book" (PDF). Boston College. 2017. p. 177.
2. ^ "Brown 12, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Dartmouth 50, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Bates 6, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Exeter 17, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. October 17, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "New Hampshire vs. Boston College". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 9, no. 2\. November 1901. pp. 41–42. Retrieved April 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
7. ^ "Boston College 17, N H College 0". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved April 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Andover 11, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Holy Cross 11, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Tufts 12, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Boston College Beaten By M.A.C." The Boston Globe. November 29, 1901. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

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Boston College Eagles football

Venues|

* South End Grounds (1893–1899, 1902)
* American League Baseball Grounds (1901)
* Alumni Field (1915–1921, 1923, 1932–1941, 1943–1945, 1955)
* Fenway Park (1914–1917, 1919–1920, 1927–1931, 1936–1945, 1953–1956)
* Braves Field (1918–1927, 1944, 1946–1952)
* Alumni Stadium (1957–present)
* Sullivan Stadium (alternate)

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