1938 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1938 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1938 college football season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Fenway Park in Boston.

1938 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
1938 record	6–1–2
Head coach	Gil Dobie (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Home stadium	Alumni Field (c. 15,000) Fenway Park (c. 38,805)

1938 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Canisius	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 63–12
September 30	Northeastern	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 13–0
October 12	Detroit	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 9–6	20,000
October 21	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 26–26	12,000
October 29	Florida	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 33–0	7,732
November 5	Indiana	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 14–0	25,000
November 11	Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 21–14	15,000
November 19	St. Anselm	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	T 0–0
November 26	vs. No. 11 Holy Cross	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 7–29	36,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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