1950 Boston College Eagles football team

American college football season

1950 Boston College Eagles football

Conference| Independent
Record| 0–9–1
Head coach|

* Denny Myers (7th season)

Captain| Phil Cohen[1]
Home stadium| Braves Field

Seasons

<- 1949

1951 ->

1950 Eastern college football independents records

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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

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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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 22| Wake Forest|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA

| T 7–7| 12,324| [3]
September 30| at No. 6 Oklahoma|

* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
* Norman, OK

| L 0–28| 33,000| [4]
October 7| at Ole Miss|

* Hemingway Stadium
* Oxford, MS

| L 0–54| 15,000| [5]
October 13| Fordham|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA

| L 6–26| 10,884| [6]
October 20| Georgetown|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA

| L 10–20| 14,538|
October 27| Georgia|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA

| L 7–19| 9,243| [7]
November 4| Penn State|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA

| L 13–20| 8,503|
November 11| No. 13 Clemson|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 14–35| 9,606| [8]
November 18| Villanova|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA

| L 7–29| 6,281|
December 2| Holy Cross|

* Braves Field
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| L 14–32| 25,035| [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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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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* Clemson (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy)
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* Notre Dame: Holy War
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* Sacred Cod Trophy

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