1950 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1950 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College 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, finishing with 9 losses and 1 tie, against Wake Forest. Denny 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.

1950 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1950 record0–9–1
Head coachDenny Myers (7th season)
CaptainPhil Cohen[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Franklin & Marshall   –    9 –0 –0
No. 6 Princeton   –    9 –0 –0
No. 2 Army   –    8 –1 –0
Fordham   –    8 –1 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    7 –1 –0
Drexel   –    6 –1 –0
No. 20 Cornell   –    7 –2 –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
Duquesne   –    2 –6 –1
NYU   –    1 –5 –1
Harvard   –    1 –7 –0
Brown   –    1 –8 –0
Pittsburgh   –    1 –8 –0
Boston College   –    0 –9 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22Wake Forest
T 7–712,324
September 30at No. 6 Oklahoma
L 0–2833,000
October 7at Ole Miss
L 0–5415,000
October 13Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 6–2610,881
October 20Georgetown
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 10–2014,538
October 27Georgia
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–1914,538
November 4Penn State
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 13–208,503
November 11No. 13 Clemson
L 14–359,606
November 18Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–296,281
December 2Holy Cross
L 14–3225,034
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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References
  1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. "Myers Quits Boston College". The Washington Post. November 22, 1950. p. 16.
  3. "1950 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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