1945 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1945 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1945 college football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Moody Sarno, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston. Boston College finished with a record of 3–4. Sarno was relieved of his duties as head coach at the conclusion of the season, as Denny Myers returned from his service in the Navy during World War II. Sarno compiled a record of 11–7–1 as head coach at Boston College.

1945 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
1945 record	3–4
Head coach	Moody Sarno (3rd season)
Captain	George Donelan[1]
Home stadium	Alumni Field & Fenway Park

1945 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Squantum NAS	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 13–0	5,000
October 6	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 6–51	10,000
October 12	NYU	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 28–0	5,000
October 27	at Merchant Marine	Kendrick Field Kings Point, NY	L 20–33	6,000[2]
November 10	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Bryn Mawr, PA	L 0–41	4,000
November 17	Scranton	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 12–0
November 25	Holy Cross	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–46	32,457

Source:[1][3]

References

1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
2. "Kings Point Wins, 33-20: Merchant Marine Academy Team Downs Boston College". The New York Times. October 28, 1945. p. S3.
3. "1945 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.