1908 Boston College football team

American college football season

1908 Boston College football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–4–2
Head coach|

* Joe Kenney & Joe Reilly (1st season)

Captain| George Pearce

Seasons

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1908 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Penn |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 11  | – | 0  | – | 1
Harvard |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 1
Cornell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Fordham |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0
Yale |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Dartmouth |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 1
Carlisle |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 2  | – | 1
Washington & Jefferson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 2  | – | 1
Army |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 2
Pittsburgh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Lafayette |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 2
Princeton |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 3
Syracuse |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Brown |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Temple |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1
Colgate |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0
Lehigh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0
Dickinson |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Amherst |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 3  | – | 2
Holy Cross |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Penn State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Vermont |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 3  | – | 3
Wesleyan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 2
Springfield Training School |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
NYU |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 3  | – | 2
Frankin & Marshall |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 1
Bucknell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 2
Rutgers |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Boston College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 4  | – | 2
Carnegie Tech |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Geneva |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 2
Tufts |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1
Villanova |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0
New Hampshire |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Drexel |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0

The 1908 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by Joe Kenney and Joe Reilly in their first and only season as co-head coaches, Boston College compiled a record of 2–4–2.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 10| at Bridgewater Normal| Bridgewater, MA| L 10–12|
October 17| at Saint Anselm| Manchester, NH| T 0–0|
October 24| at Dean Academy| Franklin, MA| L 0–18|
October 31| at New Hampshire| Durham, NH| L 0–18| [1]
November 7| at Connecticut|

* Athletic Fields
* Storrs, CT

| T 0–0|
November 11| Massachusetts College of Osteopathy|

* Locust Street Grounds
* Boston, MA

| W 9–0| [2]
November 14| at Saint Anselm| Manchester, NH| W 11–0|
November 26| vs. Alumni|

* Huntington Avenue Grounds
* Boston, MA

| L 0–6| [3]

## References

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1. ^ "The Boston College Game". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 16, no. 3\. December 1908. pp. 67–68. Retrieved November 25, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
2. ^ "Boston College Wins, 9-0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved May 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Alumni Wins, 6 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 27, 1908. p. 11. Retrieved November 8, 2024 – 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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