1937 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1937 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1937 college football season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Fenway Park in Boston.

1937 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1937 record4–4–1
Head coachGil Dobie (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSingle wing
Base defense6–3–2
Home stadiumAlumni Field (c. 15,000)
Fenway Park (c. 38,805)
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh      9 0 1
No. 6 Villanova      8 0 1
No. 3 Fordham      7 0 1
No. 7 Dartmouth      7 0 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross      8 0 2
St. Thomas (PA)      6 1 1
No. 12 Yale      6 1 1
Army      7 2 0
Cornell      5 2 1
Harvard      5 2 1
Syracuse      5 2 1
No. 12 Manhattan      6 3 1
Penn State      5 3 0
Duquesne      6 4 0
Brown      5 4 0
NYU      5 4 0
Temple      3 2 4
Boston College      4 4 1
Buffalo      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 5 0
Columbia      2 5 2
Hofstra      2 4 0
Carnegie Tech      2 5 1
Penn      2 5 1
La Salle      2 7 0
Massachusetts State      1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 25Northeastern
W 35–211,000
October 2Kansas State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 21–715,000
October 12TempleT 0–025,000
October 23Detroit
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 0–147,500
October 30NC State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 7–1212,000
November 6at Western MarylandWestminster, MDW 27–01,500
November 13Kentucky
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 13–03,500
November 20Boston University
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
L 6–1312,000
November 27vs. No. 17 Holy Cross
L 0–2035,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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