1951 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1951 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1951 college football season. The Eagles were led by first-year head coach Mike Holovak and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

1951 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record3–6
Head coachMike Holovak (1st season)
CaptainMike Roarke[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Princeton      9 0 0
Northeastern      6 0 1
No. 19 Holy Cross      8 2 0
Carnegie Tech      6 2 0
Cornell      6 3 0
No. 16 Boston University      6 4 0
Temple      6 4 0
Columbia      5 3 0
Villanova      5 3 0
Fordham      5 4 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 4 0
Penn      5 4 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Syracuse      5 4 0
Buffalo      4 4 0
Colgate      4 5 0
Dartmouth      4 5 0
Drexel      3 4 0
Harvard      3 5 1
Boston College      3 6 0
Yale      2 5 2
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Army      2 7 0
Brown      2 7 0
NYU      1 7 0
Tufts      0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21Wake ForestL 6–2020,587
October 5at Ole MissL 7–349,000
October 12Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 19–3516,763
October 19Detroit
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 13–1910,123
October 27at GeorgiaL 28–3518,000
November 2Richmond
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 21–75,514
November 10at ClemsonL 2–2114,000
November 17Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–137,782
December 1No. 19 Holy Cross
W 19–1441,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[2][1]

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