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class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>Steve Addazio era (2013–2019)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steve_Addazio_era_(2013–2019)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jeff_Hafley_era_(2020–2023)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jeff_Hafley_era_(2020–2023)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>Jeff Hafley era (2020–2023)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jeff_Hafley_era_(2020–2023)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bill_O'Brien_era_(2024–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bill_O'Brien_era_(2024–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>Bill O'Brien era (2024–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bill_O'Brien_era_(2024–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conference_affiliations" 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>National championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eastern_and_Conference_championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eastern_and_Conference_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Eastern and Conference championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eastern_and_Conference_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Division_championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Division_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Division championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Division_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bowl_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bowl_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Bowl games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bowl_games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Head_coaches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Head_coaches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Head coaches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Head_coaches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alumni_Stadium" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alumni_Stadium"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Alumni Stadium</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alumni_Stadium-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Rivalries</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Rivalries subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Clemson" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Clemson"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Clemson</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Clemson-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Holy_Cross" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Holy_Cross"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Holy Cross</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Holy_Cross-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notre_Dame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notre_Dame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Notre Dame</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notre_Dame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-UMass" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#UMass"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>UMass</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-UMass-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villanova" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villanova"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Villanova</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villanova-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Virginia_Tech" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Virginia_Tech"> <div 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href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium" title="Alumni Stadium">Alumni Stadium</a><br />(capacity: 44,500)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field surface</th><td class="infobox-data">AstroTurf</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Massachusetts" title="Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts">Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">NCAA division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I FBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Past conferences</th><td class="infobox-data">Independent (1892–1990)<br /><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> (1991–2004)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">All-time record</th><td class="infobox-data nowrap">697–526–37 <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (.568)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowl record</th><td class="infobox-data">15–13 (.536)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Claimed national titles</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (<a href="/wiki/1940_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1940 Boston College Eagles football team">1940</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference titles</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (2004 <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division titles</th><td class="infobox-data">3 (2005, 2007, 2008 <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> Atlantic)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rivalries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a> (<a href="/wiki/O%27Rourke%E2%80%93McFadden_Trophy" title="O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Crusaders_football" title="Holy Cross Crusaders football">Holy Cross</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_College%E2%80%93Holy_Cross_football_rivalry" title="Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_War_(Boston_College_vs._Notre_Dame)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy War (Boston College vs. Notre Dame)">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_football" title="UMass Minutemen football">UMass</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_College%E2%80%93UMass_football_rivalry" title="Boston College–UMass football rivalry">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_College%E2%80%93Virginia_Tech_football_rivalry" title="Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heisman winners</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> – 1984</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consensus All-Americans</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Maroon and gold<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bceagles.com/sports/football">bceagles.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Boston College Eagles football</b> team represents <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> in the sport of <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a>. The Eagles compete in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision</a> (FBS) of the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC). The Eagles home games are played at <a href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium" title="Alumni Stadium">Alumni Stadium</a> on the university's campus in <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Massachusetts" title="Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts">Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts</a>. </p><p>Formed in 1892, Boston College has won four <a href="/wiki/Lambert-Meadowlands_Trophy" title="Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy">Eastern championships</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1940, 1942, 1983, and 1984 (when most Division I FBS schools in the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic States">Mid-Atlantic</a> regions remained <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">independent</a>) as well as one co–<a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> championship in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BC claims one national championship in 1940, though the NCAA doesn't recognize it. The program has amassed 700 wins,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has a 15–13 record in postseason <a href="/wiki/Bowl_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowl games">bowl games</a>, most notably the <a href="/wiki/1941_Sugar_Bowl" title="1941 Sugar Bowl">1941 Sugar Bowl</a> and <a href="/wiki/1985_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1985 Cotton Bowl Classic">1985 Cotton Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boston College has produced a <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> winner (<a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> in 1984), 13 consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-Americans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_College_Eagles_in_the_NFL_draft" title="List of Boston College Eagles in the NFL draft">over 200</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> players.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boston College has had 8 members inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two inductees into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>: <a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Art Donovan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">Ernie Stautner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boston College is one of only two <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>. In addition to success on the gridiron, Boston College football teams are consistently ranked among the nation's best for academic achievement<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, 2006, and 2007, the football team's <a href="/wiki/Academic_Progress_Rate" title="Academic Progress Rate">Academic Progress Rate</a> was the highest of any school that finished the season ranked in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP</a> or <a href="/wiki/Coaches%27_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Coaches' Poll">ESPN/<i>USA Today</i> Coaches'</a> polls. </p><p>Boston College is the only FBS school in <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> (as well as <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>) to compete in one of the <a href="/wiki/Power_Four_conferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Four conferences">Power Four conferences</a>. The Eagles are currently coached by <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Brien_(American_football)" title="Bill O'Brien (American football)">Bill O'Brien</a>, who formerly served as head coach for <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a> and as offensive coordinator at <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a> as well as the NFL's <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_College_Eagles_football_seasons" title="List of Boston College Eagles football seasons">List of Boston College Eagles football seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_(1893–1967)"><span id="Early_history_.281893.E2.80.931967.29"></span>Early history (1893–1967)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history (1893–1967)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boston_Eagles_footb_1893.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boston_Eagles_footb_1893.gif/250px-Boston_Eagles_footb_1893.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boston_Eagles_footb_1893.gif/375px-Boston_Eagles_footb_1893.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boston_Eagles_footb_1893.gif/500px-Boston_Eagles_footb_1893.gif 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="270" /></a><figcaption>Boston College football team, 1893.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1892, Boston College President Edward Ignatius Devitt, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">S.J.</a>, grudgingly agreed to the requests of two undergraduates, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._O%27Connell" title="Joseph F. O'Connell">Joseph F. O'Connell</a> of the class of 1893 and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Drum" title="Joseph Drum">Joseph Drum</a> of the class of 1894, to start a <a href="/wiki/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity</a> football team.<sup id="cite_ref-bc.edu_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc.edu-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Drum would become the first head <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coach</a>, albeit an unpaid position and O'Connell was <a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">captain</a>. On October 26, 1893, BC played its first official game against the St. John's Literary Institute of Cambridge followed by its first intercollegiate game against <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bc.edu_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc.edu-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BC won the first game 4–0, but lost 6–0 to MIT.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the original team's alumni had particularly significant careers: <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._O%27Connell" title="Joseph F. O'Connell">Joseph F. O'Connell</a> was elected to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, and running back James Carlin became president of the <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">College of the Holy Cross</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banquet_to_eastern_championship_invitation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Banquet_to_eastern_championship_invitation.jpg/170px-Banquet_to_eastern_championship_invitation.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Banquet_to_eastern_championship_invitation.jpg/255px-Banquet_to_eastern_championship_invitation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Banquet_to_eastern_championship_invitation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="504" /></a><figcaption>Program for a banquet to celebrate the 1928 Eastern championship</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1920, the Boston College football team adopted the nickname 'Eagles.' The season was capped by a stirring 14–0 victory over Holy Cross before 40,000 fans at Braves Field. The win gave the team a perfect 8–0 season and the school's first 'Eastern Championship.'<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boston_College_National_Championship_1940.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Boston_College_National_Championship_1940.jpg/250px-Boston_College_National_Championship_1940.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Boston_College_National_Championship_1940.jpg/375px-Boston_College_National_Championship_1940.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Boston_College_National_Championship_1940.jpg/500px-Boston_College_National_Championship_1940.jpg 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="501" /></a><figcaption>1940 banner</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1940_Cotton_Bowl,_Clemson_vs._Boston_College_(Taps_1940).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/1940_Cotton_Bowl%2C_Clemson_vs._Boston_College_%28Taps_1940%29.png/250px-1940_Cotton_Bowl%2C_Clemson_vs._Boston_College_%28Taps_1940%29.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/1940_Cotton_Bowl%2C_Clemson_vs._Boston_College_%28Taps_1940%29.png/375px-1940_Cotton_Bowl%2C_Clemson_vs._Boston_College_%28Taps_1940%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/1940_Cotton_Bowl%2C_Clemson_vs._Boston_College_%28Taps_1940%29.png/500px-1940_Cotton_Bowl%2C_Clemson_vs._Boston_College_%28Taps_1940%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="772" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a> and Boston College line up in the <a href="/wiki/1940_Cotton_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Cotton Bowl">1940 Cotton Bowl</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1939">1939</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1939"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1939_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1939 Boston College Eagles football team">1939 Boston College Eagles football team</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1940_Cotton_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Cotton Bowl">1940 Cotton Bowl</a></div> <p>The 1939 team finished the regular season with a 9–1 record, and the Eagles were ranked in the final <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> for the first time in school history, at No. 11. They were invited to the school's first <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">bowl game</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1940_Cotton_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Cotton Bowl">1940 Cotton Bowl</a>, where they were defeated by <a href="/wiki/1939_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1939 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson</a> 3–6. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1940">1940</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1940"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1940_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1940 Boston College Eagles football team">1940 Boston College Eagles football team</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1941_Sugar_Bowl" title="1941 Sugar Bowl">1941 Sugar Bowl</a></div> <p>The 1940 season can arguably be called the greatest year in the history of Boston College football. BC's undefeated (11–0) and untied team, captured the <a href="/wiki/1941_Sugar_Bowl" title="1941 Sugar Bowl">1941 Sugar Bowl</a> championship and earned the nickname "Team of Destiny".<sup id="cite_ref-teamofdestiny_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teamofdestiny-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five members of that storied team have been inducted into the National Football Foundation's <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>: receiver <a href="/wiki/Gene_Goodreault" title="Gene Goodreault">Gene Goodreault</a> (50); guard <a href="/wiki/George_Kerr_(American_football,_born_1919)" title="George Kerr (American football, born 1919)">George Kerr</a> (47); center <a href="/wiki/Chet_Gladchuk" title="Chet Gladchuk">Chet Gladchuk</a> (45); fullback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Holovak" title="Mike Holovak">Mike Holovak</a> (12); and halfback / quarterback <a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Rourke" title="Charlie O'Rourke">Charlie O'Rourke</a> (13). It included a 19–18 victory over No. 9 <a href="/wiki/1940_Georgetown_Hoyas_football_team" title="1940 Georgetown Hoyas football team">Georgetown</a> before 41,700 fans at sold-out <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, that was called one of the greatest games ever by famed sportswriter <a href="/wiki/Grantland_Rice" title="Grantland Rice">Grantland Rice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Going into the game, the Hoyas had 22 consecutive victories spanning three seasons. BC trailed until the third quarter, when a 43-yard touchdown pass from <a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Rourke" title="Charlie O'Rourke">Charlie O'Rourke</a> to Monk Maznicki put the Eagles ahead. With just seconds remaining, BC had the ball on their own nine, fourth down and 18 to go. Georgetown set up to return the Eagles' punt. Instead of punting, O'Rourke scrambled in his own end zone for 45 seconds then took a safety. BC used the free kick to boot the ball far downfield and dashed the Hoyas' three-season unbeaten record. Legendary Coach <a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy" title="Frank Leahy">Frank Leahy</a>, who would go on to cement his legendary status during an eleven-year stint as head coach at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>, took his undefeated Eagles on to the <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Bowl" title="Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> where they beat No. 4 <a href="/wiki/1940_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1940 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> 19–13. Trailing 7–13 in the fourth quarter, Tennessee's <a href="/wiki/Bob_Foxx" title="Bob Foxx">Bob Foxx</a> missed a short field goal attempt with three minutes remaining, and Boston College took over on its own 20–yard line. Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Rourke" title="Charlie O'Rourke">Charlie O'Rourke</a> led the Eagles on an eighty-yard drive, capped with his 24-yard touchdown run to seal the victory.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A banner on campus commemorating the team uses the phrase "national champions", but Boston College was not awarded a national championship by any of the national polls at the time of the 1940 season. Although BC's claim to a title is not recognized by the NCAA or college football historians in general, one website, the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Data_Warehouse" title="College Football Data Warehouse">College Football Data Warehouse</a>, claims that selectors named Cliff Morgan and Ray Bryne rated BC No. 1 in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This web site states that BC's historic 1940 run resulted in a split championship with the University of Minnesota, but it's not clear whether the selectors awarded BC a title at the time of the 1940 season, or if they did so retroactively.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> lists only <a href="/wiki/1940_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="1940 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> (who finished No. 1 the final <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>) as the national champion in 1940, and does not credit Boston College with any national championships in football.<sup id="cite_ref-ncaa.com_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncaa.com-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1942">1942</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1942"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1942_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1942 Boston College Eagles football team">1942 Boston College Eagles football team</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1943_Orange_Bowl" title="1943 Orange Bowl">1943 Orange Bowl</a></div> <p>In 1942, Boston College won its first 8 games of the season, climbing to No. 1 in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>. All the Eagles needed to do to secure its first ever <a href="/wiki/AP_National_Championship_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="AP National Championship Trophy">AP national championship</a> was to beat <a href="/wiki/Boston_College%E2%80%93Holy_Cross_football_rivalry" title="Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry">rival Holy Cross</a> (4–4–1) in the final game of the regular season. The result, however, was a stunning rout loss, 12–55. The Eagles team canceled their planned post-game celebration at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, which inadvertently saved the team from perishing along with 492 others in the <a href="/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire" title="Cocoanut Grove fire">Cocoanut Grove fire</a> that occurred that night.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finishing No. 8 in the final AP rankings, the Eagles received an invitation to play in the <a href="/wiki/1943_Orange_Bowl" title="1943 Orange Bowl">Orange Bowl</a> on New Year's Day. All-American fullback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Holovak" title="Mike Holovak">Mike Holovak</a> scored three rushing touchdowns, but Boston College ultimately lost to No. 10 <a href="/wiki/1942_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1942 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a>, 21–37. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mike_Holovak_era_(1951–1959)"><span id="Mike_Holovak_era_.281951.E2.80.931959.29"></span>Mike Holovak era (1951–1959)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mike Holovak era (1951–1959)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mike Holovak was named head coach of BC in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure as head coach, the Eagles compiled a 49–29–3 record. Holovak won Coach of the Year honors in 1954 from New England football writers. Those efforts were good enough to earn him a new four-year contract on November 22, 1955, but even after four more winning seasons - he was fired on December 3, 1959, after a year in which Eagle fans had subjected him to constant verbal abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holovak would move on to coach the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">Boston Patriots</a> in the upstart <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> (AFL) from 1961 to 1968. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Hefferle" title="Ernie Hefferle">Ernie Hefferle</a>, an assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>, was hired as head coach of the Eagles following Holovak's firing. Hefferle's Eagles compiled a record of 7–12–1 in two seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, mounting pressure to win from the alumni and administration led to Hefferle's resignation after the 1961 season.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BC hired <a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(American_football_coach)" title="Jim Miller (American football coach)">Jim Miller</a> away from <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Titans_football" title="Detroit Titans football">Detroit</a> as its head coach in January 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Miller, the Eagles compiled a record of 34–24 that included four winning seasons in those six years.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miller resigned after the 1967 season.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joe_Yukica_era_(1968–1977)"><span id="Joe_Yukica_era_.281968.E2.80.931977.29"></span>Joe Yukica era (1968–1977)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Joe Yukica era (1968–1977)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Wildcats_football" title="New Hampshire Wildcats football">New Hampshire</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Yukica" title="Joe Yukica">Joe Yukica</a> was hired to replace Miller at BC.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yukica's Eagles compiled a 68–37 record, which included eight winning seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yukica left BC after the 1977 season to accept the head football coach position at <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_Big_Green_football" title="Dartmouth Big Green football">Dartmouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the highlights during Yukica 's tenure was an upset win over No. 7 <a href="/wiki/1976_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1976 Texas Longhorns football team">Texas</a> to open the 1976 season.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ed_Chlebek_era_(1978–1980)"><span id="Ed_Chlebek_era_.281978.E2.80.931980.29"></span>Ed Chlebek era (1978–1980)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ed Chlebek era (1978–1980)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eagles hired <a href="/wiki/Ed_Chlebek" title="Ed Chlebek">Ed Chlebek</a> away from <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Michigan_Eagles_football" title="Eastern Michigan Eagles football">Eastern Michigan</a> to lead its football program in January 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite a dismal 0–11 record in Chlebek's first season, BC rebounded to compile a 5–6 record in 1979 and a 7–4 record in 1980,<sup id="cite_ref-sports-reference.com_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports-reference.com-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to a job offer from <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_Golden_Flashes_football" title="Kent State Golden Flashes football">Kent State</a> to Chlebek, which he accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chlebek's final record at BC is 12–21.<sup id="cite_ref-sports-reference.com_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports-reference.com-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jack_Bicknell_era_(1981–1990)"><span id="Jack_Bicknell_era_.281981.E2.80.931990.29"></span>Jack Bicknell era (1981–1990)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Jack Bicknell era (1981–1990)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doug_Flutie,_Generals_football_press_conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Doug_Flutie%2C_Generals_football_press_conference.jpg/150px-Doug_Flutie%2C_Generals_football_press_conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Doug_Flutie%2C_Generals_football_press_conference.jpg/225px-Doug_Flutie%2C_Generals_football_press_conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Doug_Flutie%2C_Generals_football_press_conference.jpg/300px-Doug_Flutie%2C_Generals_football_press_conference.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="727" /></a><figcaption>QB <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> was the winner of the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> in 1984</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hail_Flutie" title="Hail Flutie">Hail Flutie</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jack_Bicknell" title="Jack Bicknell">Jack Bicknell</a> was hired as BC's head coach after previously serving as head coach at <a href="/wiki/Maine_Black_Bears_football" title="Maine Black Bears football">Maine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The best player for the Eagles during Bicknell's tenure was quarterback <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> (of <a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick, Massachusetts</a>), who played for Boston College from 1981 to 1984. Flutie won the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> in his senior year. He left school as the NCAA's all-time passing yardage leader with 10,579 yards and was a <a href="/wiki/Unanimous_All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Unanimous All-American">unanimous All-American</a>. Bicknell's final record at Boston College was 59–55–1, took the Eagles to four bowl games, and won the <a href="/wiki/Lambert-Meadowlands_Trophy" title="Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy">Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy</a> (awarded to the 'Eastern champion' in Division I FBS) twice: <a href="/wiki/1983_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1983 Boston College Eagles football team">1983</a> and <a href="/wiki/1984_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1984 Boston College Eagles football team">1984</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was fired after the 1990 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1984">1984</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1984"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1984_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1984 Boston College Eagles football team">1984 Boston College Eagles football team</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1985_Cotton_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Cotton Bowl">1985 Cotton Bowl</a></div> <p>The Eagles completed the 1984 season with a 10–2 record, finishing at No. 5 in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a> and No. 4 in the <a href="/wiki/Coaches%27_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Coaches' Poll">Coaches' Poll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They defeated the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1984_Houston_Cougars_football_team" title="1984 Houston Cougars football team">Houston Cougars</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1985_Cotton_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Cotton Bowl">1985 Cotton Bowl</a>, 45–28.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fullback <a href="/wiki/Steve_Strachan_(American_football)" title="Steve Strachan (American football)">Steve Strachan</a> (of <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Massachusetts" title="Burlington, Massachusetts">Burlington, Massachusetts</a>) was named the game's <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic#Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">MVP</a>. He had 23 carries for 91 yards and two touchdowns.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Running back <a href="/wiki/Troy_Stradford" title="Troy Stradford">Troy Stradford</a> rushed for 196 yards, and sealed the game with an 18-yard touchdown run with 1:06 left in the fourth quarter as the Eagles clinched their first <a href="/wiki/Bowl_game" title="Bowl game">major bowl</a> victory since the 1941 Sugar Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Ruth_and_BC_Teammates_1984_Spring_Game_Alumni_Stadium_foto_by_Andy_Hemmer_Cincinnati.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boston College players at the 1984 Spring Game at Alumni Stadium."><img alt="Boston College players at the 1984 Spring Game at Alumni Stadium." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Ruth_and_BC_Teammates_1984_Spring_Game_Alumni_Stadium_foto_by_Andy_Hemmer_Cincinnati.jpg/250px-Mike_Ruth_and_BC_Teammates_1984_Spring_Game_Alumni_Stadium_foto_by_Andy_Hemmer_Cincinnati.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Ruth_and_BC_Teammates_1984_Spring_Game_Alumni_Stadium_foto_by_Andy_Hemmer_Cincinnati.jpg/375px-Mike_Ruth_and_BC_Teammates_1984_Spring_Game_Alumni_Stadium_foto_by_Andy_Hemmer_Cincinnati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Ruth_and_BC_Teammates_1984_Spring_Game_Alumni_Stadium_foto_by_Andy_Hemmer_Cincinnati.jpg/500px-Mike_Ruth_and_BC_Teammates_1984_Spring_Game_Alumni_Stadium_foto_by_Andy_Hemmer_Cincinnati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5037" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Boston College players at the 1984 Spring Game at Alumni Stadium.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cotton_Bowl_Classic_1985.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1985 Cotton Bowl program"><img alt="1985 Cotton Bowl program" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Cotton_Bowl_Classic_1985.png/151px-Cotton_Bowl_Classic_1985.png" decoding="async" width="151" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Cotton_Bowl_Classic_1985.png/226px-Cotton_Bowl_Classic_1985.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Cotton_Bowl_Classic_1985.png/302px-Cotton_Bowl_Classic_1985.png 2x" data-file-width="1510" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/1985_Cotton_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Cotton Bowl">1985 Cotton Bowl</a> program</div> </li> </ul> <p>Boston College began the 1984 season with a 7–2 record, posting victories over No. 9 <a href="/wiki/1984_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1984 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> 38–31 and <a href="/wiki/1984_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team" title="1984 North Carolina Tar Heels football team">North Carolina</a> 52–20. Heading into the <a href="/wiki/Hail_Flutie" title="Hail Flutie">November 23, 1984</a> matchup against defending national champion No. 12 <a href="/wiki/1984_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team" title="1984 Miami Hurricanes football team">Miami</a> (led by star QB <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Kosar" title="Bernie Kosar">Bernie Kosar</a>), quarterback Doug Flutie gained national attention when he led the Eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game in the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Orange Bowl</a>. The game was nationally televised on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> the day after <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a>, and had a huge audience. Miami staged a dramatic drive to take the lead, 45–41, in the closing minute of the game. Boston College then took possession at their own 22-yard line with 28 seconds to go. After two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only six seconds remained on the clock. On the last play of the game, Flutie rolled out right away from the defense and threw a <a href="/wiki/Hail_Mary_pass" title="Hail Mary pass">Hail Mary pass</a> that was caught in the end zone by senior wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Phelan" title="Gerard Phelan">Gerard Phelan</a>, giving BC a miraculous 47–45 win.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A persistent <a href="/wiki/Urban_legend" title="Urban legend">urban legend</a> holds that this play essentially clinched the Heisman Trophy, the award given to the best player in college football that year, for Flutie; in fact, the Heisman voting was already complete by the day of the game. It has been called "the greatest moment in college football."<sup id="cite_ref-greatest_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greatest-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2008, Doug Flutie was honored by Boston College with a statue of his famous "<a href="/wiki/Hail_Mary_pass" title="Hail Mary pass">Hail Mary</a>" pass.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eagles finished the regular season with a 45–10 victory over rival <a href="/wiki/1984_Holy_Cross_Crusaders_football_team" title="1984 Holy Cross Crusaders football team">Holy Cross</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tom_Coughlin_era_(1991–1993)"><span id="Tom_Coughlin_era_.281991.E2.80.931993.29"></span>Tom Coughlin era (1991–1993)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tom Coughlin era (1991–1993)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Coughlin_in_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Tom_Coughlin_in_2013.jpg/150px-Tom_Coughlin_in_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Tom_Coughlin_in_2013.jpg/225px-Tom_Coughlin_in_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Tom_Coughlin_in_2013.jpg/300px-Tom_Coughlin_in_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="869" /></a><figcaption>Coach <a href="/wiki/Tom_Coughlin" title="Tom Coughlin">Tom Coughlin</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tom_Coughlin" title="Tom Coughlin">Tom Coughlin</a>, wide receivers coach for the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> and former BC quarterbacks coach (1981–83), was hired as BC's head coach after Bicknell was fired.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coughlin's Eagles compiled a record of 21–13–1.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highlight of Coughlin's tenure was a 41–39 Eagles victory over No. 1 <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> in 1993,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first time the Eagles had ever defeated the Fighting Irish and the first and only time in program history that<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Eagles had defeated a No. 1 team. Coughlin, who left BC for the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would go on to become head coach of the New York Giants, winning two Super Bowls: <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLII" title="Super Bowl XLII">XLII</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVI" title="Super Bowl XLVI">XLVI</a> (both against the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dan_Henning_era_(1994–1996)"><span id="Dan_Henning_era_.281994.E2.80.931996.29"></span>Dan Henning era (1994–1996)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dan Henning era (1994–1996)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BC hired <a href="/wiki/Dan_Henning" title="Dan Henning">Dan Henning</a>, formerly offensive coordinator for the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, as its head coach in March 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Henning's tenure is remembered for a scandal that occurred during the 1996 season. On October 26, 1996, the Eagles were routed 45–17 by <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football" title="Syracuse Orange football">Syracuse</a>. Following the game, Henning heard that some players might have bet against their own team. He informed the appropriate university officials. As a result, 13 players were suspended for the rest of the season and six were banned permanently.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNgambling_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNgambling-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the scandal and a mediocre 16–19–1 record as coach, Henning resigned at the end of the 1996 season.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tom_O'Brien_era_(1997–2006)"><span id="Tom_O.27Brien_era_.281997.E2.80.932006.29"></span>Tom O'Brien era (1997–2006)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Tom O'Brien era (1997–2006)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MatthewHasselbeck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/MatthewHasselbeck.jpg/170px-MatthewHasselbeck.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/MatthewHasselbeck.jpg/255px-MatthewHasselbeck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/MatthewHasselbeck.jpg/340px-MatthewHasselbeck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>3× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> QB <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck" title="Matt Hasselbeck">Matt Hasselbeck</a> (who grew up in <a href="/wiki/Westwood,_Massachusetts" title="Westwood, Massachusetts">Westwood, Massachusetts</a>) played for BC from 1994 to 1997</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 1996, BC hired <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Brien_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom O'Brien (football coach)">Tom O'Brien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With good recruiting skills and a strong coaching staff around him, notably offensive coordinator Dana Bible and defensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Frank_Spaziani" title="Frank Spaziani">Frank Spaziani</a>, O'Brien turned the program into a consistent top-25 team. The team was also helped by increased exposure on the national stage due to the move to the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC) and, later, improved facilities in the form of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yawkey_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yawkey Center (page does not exist)">Yawkey Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BC won eight straight postseason bowl games, the first six under O'Brien, between 2000 and 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-bceagles.cstv.com_Tom_O'Brien_Bio_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bceagles.cstv.com_Tom_O'Brien_Bio-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2001 season was a satisfying one for O'Brien as the Eagles finished 8–4 and ranked in the top 25 in both major polls, capped by a 20–16 win over <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> powerhouse <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs_football" title="Georgia Bulldogs football">Georgia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2001_Music_City_Bowl" title="2001 Music City Bowl">Music City Bowl</a>. A 21–17 victory over <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> gave the Eagles two wins in three years against their archrivals. Boston College gave eventual national champion (No. 1) <a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami</a> by far its biggest scare of the entire season at <a href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium" title="Alumni Stadium">Alumni Stadium</a> as the Hurricanes were able to pull out a victory only in the final seconds 18–7. Running back <a href="/wiki/William_Green_(American_football)" title="William Green (American football)">William Green</a> rushed for 1,559 yards and was the second-leading rusher in the country and a consensus first-team All-America pick. Green (16th, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>) and offensive tackle <a href="/wiki/Marc_Colombo" title="Marc Colombo">Marc Colombo</a> (29th, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>) were selected in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/NFL_draft" title="NFL draft">NFL draft</a>, the first time two BC players were picked in the first round.<sup id="cite_ref-bceagles.cstv.com_Tom_O'Brien_Bio_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bceagles.cstv.com_Tom_O'Brien_Bio-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2004 would be Boston College's final campaign in the Big East, and it finished the season in a four-way tie atop the league after losing the home finale to Syracuse (thus costing the Eagles a coveted berth in a <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a> bowl) — a year in which they closed the season ranked No. 21 in both major polls.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jeff_Jagodzinski_era_(2007–2008)"><span id="Jeff_Jagodzinski_era_.282007.E2.80.932008.29"></span>Jeff Jagodzinski era (2007–2008)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jeff Jagodzinski era (2007–2008)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpg/220px-Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpg/330px-Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpg/440px-Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2034" data-file-height="1542" /></a><figcaption>Boston College playing defense against <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_ACC_Championship_Game" title="2008 ACC Championship Game">2008 ACC Championship Game</a></figcaption></figure> <p>O'Brien was replaced by then <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jagodzinski" title="Jeff Jagodzinski">Jeff Jagodzinski</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He inherited a talent laden BC team, which he led to an 11–3 record, a No. 10 finish in the polls and an <a href="/wiki/ACC_Atlantic_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="ACC Atlantic Division">ACC Atlantic Division</a> Championship. At one point in the season, the Eagles were ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll and <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a> standings.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Logan_(American_football)" title="Steve Logan (American football)">Steve Logan</a>, Jagodzinski brought a high flying offensive attack which was very different from Tom O'Brien's short passing game style. He has been nicknamed "Jags" by BC fans and the media. After his first season at BC, Tom O'Brien protegees <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gosder_Cherilus" title="Gosder Cherilus">Gosder Cherilus</a> were selected in the first round of the NFL draft. In both 2007 and 2008, the Eagles lost the <a href="/wiki/ACC_Championship_Game" title="ACC Championship Game">ACC Championship Game</a> to <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a>. </p><p>Following the 2008 season, Jagodzinski interviewed for the vacant <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> head coaching job, despite being warned not to do so by athletic director <a href="/wiki/Gene_DeFilippo" title="Gene DeFilippo">Gene DeFilippo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He interviewed for the position, and was fired the next day. He only completed two years of his five-year contract with Boston College. The Jets ultimately hired <a href="/wiki/Rex_Ryan" title="Rex Ryan">Rex Ryan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Frank_Spaziani_era_(2009–2012)"><span id="Frank_Spaziani_era_.282009.E2.80.932012.29"></span>Frank Spaziani era (2009–2012)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Frank Spaziani era (2009–2012)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Defensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Frank_Spaziani" title="Frank Spaziani">Frank Spaziani</a> was hired as BC's head coach in January 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the 2009 season, linebacker and reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year <a href="/wiki/Mark_Herzlich" title="Mark Herzlich">Mark Herzlich</a> was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Ewing_sarcoma" title="Ewing sarcoma">Ewing's Sarcoma</a>, a rare form of bone cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-nydailynews.com_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nydailynews.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Herzlich was forced to miss the entirety of the 2009 season.<sup id="cite_ref-nydailynews.com_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nydailynews.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Herzlich became an inspirational figure as he battled his way back, earning the <a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_Wide_World_of_Sports_Spirit_Award" title="Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award">Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award</a>, an award presented annually to college football's most inspirational player or team.<sup id="cite_ref-nydailynews.com_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nydailynews.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boston College created a chapter of <a href="/wiki/Uplifting_Athletes" title="Uplifting Athletes">Uplifting Athletes</a> to benefit Ewing sarcoma research. The chapter participates in an annual "Lift for Life" (where players compete in various physical challenges) to raise money. On October 3, 2009, Herzlich publicly announced on <i><a href="/wiki/College_Gameday_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="College Gameday (football)">College Gameday</a></i> that he was cancer-free. Herzlich completed the comeback when he took the field once again on September 4, 2010, against <a href="/wiki/Weber_State_University" title="Weber State University">Weber State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nydailynews.com_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nydailynews.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the Eagles finished 4–8 and failed to qualify for a bowl for the first time in 12 years. Following the 2011 season, junior LB <a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Butkus_Award" title="Butkus Award">Butkus Award</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Lombardi_Award" title="Lombardi Award">Lombardi Award</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lott_Trophy" title="Lott Trophy">Lott Trophy</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski_Trophy" title="Bronko Nagurski Trophy">Bronko Nagurski Trophy</a>; the first Eagle to win these awards. Spaziani was fired on November 25, 2012, following a season in which Boston College went 2–10, the worst record since 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steve_Addazio_era_(2013–2019)"><span id="Steve_Addazio_era_.282013.E2.80.932019.29"></span>Steve Addazio era (2013–2019)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Steve Addazio era (2013–2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spaziani was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Temple</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Addazio" title="Steve Addazio">Steve Addazio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boston_College_vs._USC_(9741916619).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Boston_College_vs._USC_%289741916619%29.jpg/280px-Boston_College_vs._USC_%289741916619%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Boston_College_vs._USC_%289741916619%29.jpg/420px-Boston_College_vs._USC_%289741916619%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Boston_College_vs._USC_%289741916619%29.jpg/560px-Boston_College_vs._USC_%289741916619%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3204" data-file-height="1908" /></a><figcaption>Boston College defenders combine to bring down a <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_football" title="USC Trojans football">USC</a> ball-carrier during a September <a href="/wiki/2013_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2013 Boston College Eagles football team">2013</a> game at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Coliseum">Los Angeles Coliseum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Following a dismal 2–10 season under Spaziani, Addazio made an immediate impact in his first year as head coach. The team improved to 7–6 and secured a bowl appearance in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Independence_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Independence Bowl">Independence Bowl</a>; the program's first since 2010. </p><p>The feature component of Addazio's run-heavy offense, senior running back <a href="/wiki/Andre_Williams_(American_football)" title="Andre Williams (American football)">Andre Williams</a> emerged as a standout player and rushed for 2,177 yards on the year. The mark earned him a top-10 spot on the all-time NCAA record list for most rushing yards in a season, and the <a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker_Award" title="Doak Walker Award">Doak Walker Award</a> as the best running back in the country. Williams finished 4th place in the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> voting and was also a <a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Award" title="Walter Camp Award">Walter Camp Award</a> finalist.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boston College fired Addazio on December 1, 2019, after a 6–6 season and a 44–44 record over 7 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lone highlight of the 2019 season was running-back <a href="/wiki/A._J._Dillon" title="A. J. Dillon">A. J. Dillon</a> achieving a school record for career rushing yards at 4,382 in just three seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jeff_Hafley_era_(2020–2023)"><span id="Jeff_Hafley_era_.282020.E2.80.932023.29"></span>Jeff Hafley era (2020–2023)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Jeff Hafley era (2020–2023)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boston_College_vs._Army_(53245892146).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Boston_College_vs._Army_%2853245892146%29.jpg/220px-Boston_College_vs._Army_%2853245892146%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Boston_College_vs._Army_%2853245892146%29.jpg/330px-Boston_College_vs._Army_%2853245892146%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Boston_College_vs._Army_%2853245892146%29.jpg/440px-Boston_College_vs._Army_%2853245892146%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4898" data-file-height="3265" /></a><figcaption>Eagles quarterback <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Castellanos" title="Thomas Castellanos">Thomas Castellanos</a> prepares to receive a snap during a 2023 game at <a href="/wiki/Michie_Stadium" title="Michie Stadium">Michie Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On December 13, 2019, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hafley" title="Jeff Hafley">Jeff Hafley</a> was hired to be the head coach at Boston College.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his four years with the team, Hafley led the Eagles to a 22–26 overall record and three bowl game appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bill_O'Brien_era_(2024–present)"><span id="Bill_O.27Brien_era_.282024.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Bill O'Brien era (2024–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Bill O'Brien era (2024–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 9, 2024, BC hired <a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover, Massachusetts</a> native <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Brien_(American_football)" title="Bill O'Brien (American football)">Bill O'Brien</a>, who formerly served as offensive coordinator at <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a> as well as the NFL's <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_affiliations">Conference affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Conference affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_independent_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I-A independent schools">Independent</a> (1892–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_independent_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I-A independent schools">Division I Independent</a> (1973–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_independent_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I-A independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a> (1978–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a> (1991–2004)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a></b> (2005–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_championships">National championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: National championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perhaps the best football team in Boston College history, the undefeated 1940 Eagles (11–0) won the <a href="/wiki/1941_Sugar_Bowl" title="1941 Sugar Bowl">1941 Sugar Bowl</a> over previously unbeaten No. 4 Tennessee. The school claims this year as a <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the team was not chosen by any NCAA-designated "major selectors" of national championships and does not appear in the NCAA records book.<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_2022_Final_National_Poll_Leaders_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_2022_Final_National_Poll_Leaders-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Selectors </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Final AP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Final Coaches' </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1940_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1940 Boston College Eagles football team">1940</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy" title="Frank Leahy">Frank Leahy</a></td> <td><i>Self-claimed</i></td> <td>11–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1941_Sugar_Bowl" title="1941 Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1940_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1940 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 19–13</td> <td>No. 5</td> <td>− </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_and_Conference_championships">Eastern and Conference championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Eastern and Conference championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For much of its history, Boston College played as an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">independent</a>, as did the majority of what are now labeled as <a href="/wiki/Football_Bowl_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I FBS</a> football-playing schools located in the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast United States">Northeast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic States">Mid-Atlantic</a> regions. During this time, Eastern Championships were named by independent third-party selectors and awarded of various trophies. The process of picking an Eastern Champion eventually came to be symbolized by the <a href="/wiki/Lambert-Meadowlands_Trophy" title="Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy">Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy</a> awarded by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Sports_and_Exposition_Authority" title="New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority">New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority</a> beginning in 1936. As a result, the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, voted on by a panel of sports writers in New York, became the <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_conference_championship_games" title="List of NCAA Division I FBS conference championship games">conference championship</a> for those schools.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, the majority of football independents in the East (including Boston College) aligned themselves together in the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Football Conference</a>. The Big East first crowned an official champion in 1993. The Eagles left the Big East and joined the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC) in 2005. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Trophy </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Overall record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Final AP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Final Coaches' </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1940_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1940 Boston College Eagles football team">1940</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Independent</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Lambert-Meadowlands_Trophy" title="Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy">Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy</a><br />(Eastern championship)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy" title="Frank Leahy">Frank Leahy</a></td> <td>11–0</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/1941_Sugar_Bowl" title="1941 Sugar Bowl">Sugar</a></td> <td>No. 5</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1942_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1942 Boston College Eagles football team">1942</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denny_Myers" title="Denny Myers">Denny Myers</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td>–</td> <td>L <a href="/wiki/1943_Orange_Bowl" title="1943 Orange Bowl">Orange</a></td> <td>No. 8</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1983 Boston College Eagles football team">1983</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Bicknell" title="Jack Bicknell">Jack Bicknell</a></td> <td>9–3</td> <td>–</td> <td>L <a href="/wiki/1983_Liberty_Bowl" title="1983 Liberty Bowl">Liberty</a></td> <td>No. 19</td> <td>No. 20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1984 Boston College Eagles football team">1984</a></td> <td>Jack Bicknell</td> <td>10–2</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/1985_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1985 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton</a></td> <td>No. 5</td> <td>No. 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2004 Boston College Eagles football team">2004</a>†</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a></td> <td>Big East Championship Trophy†</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Brien_(American_football)" title="Tom O'Brien (American football)">Tom O'Brien</a></td> <td>9–3</td> <td>4–2</td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2004_Continental_Tire_Bowl" title="2004 Continental Tire Bowl">Continental Tire</a></td> <td>No. 21</td> <td>No. 21 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Co-champions </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_championships">Division championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Division championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Divisional play began in the Atlantic Coast Conference at the start of the 2005 football season following BC's inclusion in the conference. BC earned a share of the ACC Atlantic Division title in 2005 and in 2008. Florida State represented the division in the inaugural ACC Championship Game by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker in 2005, while BC represented the Atlantic in 2008. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Game </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Division </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Overall record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">CG Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2005 Boston College Eagles football team">2005</a>†</td> <td rowspan="3">ACC Atlantic</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Brien_(American_football)" title="Tom O'Brien (American football)">Tom O'Brien</a></td> <td>9–3</td> <td>5–3</td> <td colspan="2"><i>N/A Lost tiebreaker to <a href="/wiki/2005_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="2005 Florida State Seminoles football team">Florida State</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2007 Boston College Eagles football team">2007</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jagodzinski" title="Jeff Jagodzinski">Jeff Jagodzinski</a></td> <td>11–3</td> <td>6–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">Virginia Tech</a></td> <td>L 16–30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2008 Boston College Eagles football team">2008</a>†</td> <td>9–5</td> <td>5–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">Virginia Tech</a></td> <td>L 12–30 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Co-champions </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bowl_games">Bowl games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Bowl games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_College_Eagles_bowl_games" title="List of Boston College Eagles bowl games">List of Boston College Eagles bowl games</a></div> <p>Boston College has been to 27 bowl games, holding a 14–12 record (the <a href="/wiki/2018_First_Responder_Bowl" title="2018 First Responder Bowl">2018 First Responder Bowl</a> started but was delayed in the first quarter and ultimately canceled). Additionally, they accepted an invitation to the 2021 Military Bowl, however it was cancelled the day before it was set to be played due to COVID-19 cases in the Boston College program. The Eagles posted an 8-game bowl winning streak from 2000 to 2007 and went to 12 consecutive bowl games from 1999 to 2010. BC's 8-game bowl win streak was the nation's longest active streak before it was snapped in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 12-year streak was tied with <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a> for the 6th longest active streak in country.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eagles recently broke their 5 bowl-game losing streak in 2016 with a 36–30 victory over former ACC foe <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_football" title="Maryland Terrapins football">Maryland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaches">Head coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Head coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of Boston College head coaches.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">Pct. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1893</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Drum" title="Joseph Drum">Joseph Drum</a></td> <td>3–3</td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1894</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Nagle_(American_football)" title="William Nagle (American football)">William Nagle</a></td> <td>1–6</td> <td>.143 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1895</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lawless" title="Joseph Lawless">Joseph Lawless</a></td> <td>2–4–2</td> <td>.250 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1896</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carney_(American_football)" title="Frank Carney (American football)">Frank Carney</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td>.625 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1897–1899, 1901</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Dunlop_(American_football)" title="John Dunlop (American football)">John Dunlop</a></td> <td>15–17–2</td> <td>.441 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1902</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_White_(American_football)" title="Arthur White (American football)">Arthur White</a></td> <td>0–7–1</td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1908</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Reilly_(American_football)" title="Joe Reilly (American football)">Joe Reilly</a> & <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kenney" title="Joe Kenney">Joe Kenney</a></td> <td>2–4–2</td> <td>.250 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1909</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Maguire" title="Thomas H. Maguire">Thomas H. Maguire</a><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>3–4–1</td> <td>.375 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1910</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hub_Hart" title="Hub Hart">Hub Hart</a></td> <td>0–4–2</td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1911</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Courtney_(American_football)" title="Joseph Courtney (American football)">Joseph Courtney</a></td> <td>0–7</td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1912–1913</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Joy_(American_football)" title="William Joy (American football)">William Joy</a></td> <td>6–7–2</td> <td>.400 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1914–1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mahoney" title="Stephen Mahoney">Stephen Mahoney</a></td> <td>8–8</td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1916–1917</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brickley" title="Charles Brickley">Charles Brickley</a></td> <td>12–4</td> <td>.750 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1918</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Morrissey" title="Frank Morrissey">Frank Morrissey</a></td> <td>5–2</td> <td>.714 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1919–1926</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cavanaugh_(American_football)" title="Frank Cavanaugh (American football)">Frank Cavanaugh</a></td> <td>48–14–5</td> <td>.716 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1927</td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Leo_Daley" title="D. Leo Daley">D. Leo Daley</a></td> <td>4–4</td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1928–1934</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_McKenney" title="Joe McKenney">Joe McKenney</a></td> <td>44–18–3</td> <td>.677 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinny_McNamara" title="Dinny McNamara">Dinny McNamara</a> / <a href="/wiki/Harry_Downes" title="Harry Downes">Harry Downes</a></td> <td>3–1 / 3–2</td> <td>.667 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936–1938</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gil_Dobie" title="Gil Dobie">Gil Dobie</a></td> <td>16–6–5</td> <td>.593 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939–1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy" title="Frank Leahy">Frank Leahy</a></td> <td>20–2</td> <td>.909 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941–1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denny_Myers" title="Denny Myers">Denny Myers</a></td> <td>35–27–4</td> <td>.530 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943–1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moody_Sarno" title="Moody Sarno">Moody Sarno</a></td> <td>11–7–1</td> <td>.579 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946–1950</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denny_Myers" title="Denny Myers">Denny Myers</a></td> <td>35–27–4</td> <td>.530 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951–1959</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Holovak" title="Mike Holovak">Mike Holovak</a></td> <td>49–29–3</td> <td>.605 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960–1961</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Hefferle" title="Ernie Hefferle">Ernie Hefferle</a></td> <td>7–12–1</td> <td>.350 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962–1967</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(American_football_coach)" title="Jim Miller (American football coach)">Jim Miller</a></td> <td>34–24</td> <td>.586 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968–1977</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Yukica" title="Joe Yukica">Joe Yukica</a></td> <td>68–37</td> <td>.648 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Chlebek" title="Ed Chlebek">Ed Chlebek</a></td> <td>12–21</td> <td>.364 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981–1990</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Bicknell" title="Jack Bicknell">Jack Bicknell</a></td> <td>59–55–1</td> <td>.513 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–1993</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Coughlin" title="Tom Coughlin">Tom Coughlin</a></td> <td>21–13–1</td> <td>.600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994–1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Henning" title="Dan Henning">Dan Henning</a></td> <td>16–19–1</td> <td>.444 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Brien_(American_football)" title="Tom O'Brien (American football)">Tom O'Brien</a></td> <td>75–45</td> <td>.625 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Spaziani" title="Frank Spaziani">Frank Spaziani</a> (interim)</td> <td>1–0</td> <td>1.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jagodzinski" title="Jeff Jagodzinski">Jeff Jagodzinski</a></td> <td>20–8</td> <td>.714 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Spaziani" title="Frank Spaziani">Frank Spaziani</a></td> <td>21–29</td> <td>.420 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Addazio" title="Steve Addazio">Steve Addazio</a></td> <td>44–44</td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rich_Gunnell" title="Rich Gunnell">Rich Gunnell</a> (interim) </td> <td>0–1 </td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020–2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hafley" title="Jeff Hafley">Jeff Hafley</a> </td> <td>21–26 </td> <td>.447 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024–present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Brien_(American_football)" title="Bill O'Brien (American football)">Bill O'Brien</a> </td> <td>4–1 </td> <td>.800 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alumni_Stadium">Alumni Stadium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Alumni Stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alumni_Stadium_Boston_College.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Alumni_Stadium_Boston_College.jpg/220px-Alumni_Stadium_Boston_College.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Alumni_Stadium_Boston_College.jpg/330px-Alumni_Stadium_Boston_College.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Alumni_Stadium_Boston_College.jpg/440px-Alumni_Stadium_Boston_College.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium" title="Alumni Stadium">Alumni Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium" title="Alumni Stadium">Alumni Stadium</a></div> <p>Since 1957, <a href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium" title="Alumni Stadium">Alumni Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Massachusetts" title="Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts">Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts</a> has been the home of the Eagles. Located on BC's lower campus, the stadium has a capacity of 44,500. Prior to 1957, the Eagles played home games at Boston's <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Braves_Field" title="Braves Field">Braves Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, the Yawkey Athletics Center was constructed at the north end-zone side of the stadium. The Yawkey Center houses the football offices and weight room. A replica of <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a>'s 1984 <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> is on display in the BC football museum on the first floor of the center. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clemson">Clemson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Clemson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/O%27Rourke%E2%80%93McFadden_Trophy" title="O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy">O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A.J._Dillon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/A.J._Dillon.jpg/220px-A.J._Dillon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/A.J._Dillon.jpg/330px-A.J._Dillon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/A.J._Dillon.jpg/440px-A.J._Dillon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1115" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/A._J._Dillon" title="A. J. Dillon">A. J. Dillon</a> on a running play in a 2019 matchup with Clemson</figcaption></figure> <p>The Eagles and <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson Tigers</a> first played each other in the <a href="/wiki/1940_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1940 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl</a> at the end of the 1939 season, a game won by the <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Tigers</a>. The schools played 11 more times until 1960. When BC joined the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> in 2005, the games between the Eagles and the <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Tigers</a> were especially memorable. Both the 2005 and 2006 games went to overtime and the 2007 game featured late-game heroics from <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> in a division-clinching victory. </p><p>Starting in 2008, the Boston College Gridiron Club created the <a href="/wiki/O%27Rourke-McFadden_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy">O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy</a> to honor the friendly rivalry between the Eagles and the <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Tigers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trophy is named after BC's <a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Rourke" title="Charlie O'Rourke">Charlie O'Rourke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Banks_McFadden" title="Banks McFadden">Banks McFadden</a>, star players of their respective teams when the Eagles and <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Tigers</a> first played in the <a href="/wiki/1940_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1940 Cotton Bowl Classic">1940 Cotton Bowl</a>. The MVP of the game receives a replica leather helmet. <a href="/wiki/Montel_Harris" title="Montel Harris">Montel Harris</a> was named the MVP of the 2010 meeting. </p><p>Clemson leads the all-time series 20–9–2 as of the 2021 season.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Holy_Cross">Holy Cross</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Holy Cross"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boston_College%E2%80%93Holy_Cross_football_rivalry" title="Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry">Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy_Cross_vs_Boston_College_(Fenway_Park_1916).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Holy_Cross_vs_Boston_College_%28Fenway_Park_1916%29.jpg/220px-Holy_Cross_vs_Boston_College_%28Fenway_Park_1916%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Holy_Cross_vs_Boston_College_%28Fenway_Park_1916%29.jpg/330px-Holy_Cross_vs_Boston_College_%28Fenway_Park_1916%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Holy_Cross_vs_Boston_College_%28Fenway_Park_1916%29.jpg/440px-Holy_Cross_vs_Boston_College_%28Fenway_Park_1916%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2371" data-file-height="1813" /></a><figcaption>Holy Cross takes on Boston College in 1916 at Fenway Park. BC won the game, 17–14.</figcaption></figure> <p>Boston College and <a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Crusaders_football" title="Holy Cross Crusaders football">Holy Cross</a> have a dormant rivalry dating back to 1896, and have met 83 times on the field. The game was an annual home-and-home series until 1986. The Eagles dominated the last two decades of the annual series, winning 17 out of 19 meetings from 1967 to 1986. The rivalry was recently renewed in 2018 as the Eagles handily won a 62–14 victory at Chestnut Hill; a 2020 matchup was scheduled to take place but was canceled due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notre_Dame">Notre Dame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Notre Dame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Leahy_1949.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Frank_Leahy_1949.png/170px-Frank_Leahy_1949.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Frank_Leahy_1949.png/255px-Frank_Leahy_1949.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Frank_Leahy_1949.png/340px-Frank_Leahy_1949.png 2x" data-file-width="549" data-file-height="787" /></a><figcaption>Legendary HC <a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy" title="Frank Leahy">Frank Leahy</a> coached at both BC and Notre Dame</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Holy_War_(Boston_College%E2%80%93Notre_Dame)" title="Holy War (Boston College–Notre Dame)">Holy War (Boston College–Notre Dame)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy_Memorial_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl">Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ireland Trophy">Ireland Trophy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_rivalries#Boston_College" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries">Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries § Boston College</a></div> <p>In recent years, <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> has become one of BC's football rivals. Today, ND is the only other <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States" title="Catholic Church in the United States">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/University" title="University">university</a> playing <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_I_FBS" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I FBS">Division I FBS</a> football. The match up was dubbed the "<a href="/wiki/Holy_War_(Boston_College%E2%80%93Notre_Dame)" title="Holy War (Boston College–Notre Dame)">Holy War</a>" in 1975, and has acquired a number of other nicknames over the years. The two teams battle for the <a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy_Memorial_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl">Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ireland_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ireland Trophy">Ireland Trophy</a>. </p><p>The Eagles and the <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Fighting Irish</a> have met once in the postseason; <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> in the 1983 <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Bowl" title="Liberty Bowl">Liberty Bowl</a> by a score of 19–18. Boston College will host in 2025, 2030, and 2033, and Notre Dame will host in 2028 and 2035. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> leads the all-time series 18–9 as of the 2022 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UMass">UMass</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: UMass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boston_College%E2%80%93UMass_football_rivalry" title="Boston College–UMass football rivalry">Boston College–UMass football rivalry</a></div> <p>BC and <a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_football" title="UMass Minutemen football">UMass</a> are in-state rivals. The first game played between the two schools took place in 1899 and was played at a neutral location. Boston College won 18–0.<sup id="cite_ref-mcubed.net_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcubed.net-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, UMass was known as Massachusetts Agricultural College. The relative proximity between the schools encouraged them to schedule additional matches in the subsequent years. </p><p>BC and UMass met again in <a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst, Massachusetts</a> in 1901, 1902, and 1912, with UMass winning all three contests before the series was halted.<sup id="cite_ref-mcubed.net_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcubed.net-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two universities did not meet again on the football field until 1966, when they began a seventeen-year series in which the teams would play each other in the last week of UMass' football season. UMass was in a lower division than BC during the entirety of the rivalry. As such, Boston College dominated the stretch, winning 15 of the 17 games, routinely blowing out the overmatched Minutemen. </p><p>After 22 years, the rivalry was renewed as UMass traveled to <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Massachusetts" title="Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts">Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts</a> to play Boston College once again. UMass was yet again outmatched, losing 29–7. The universities agreed to play two more times over the next seven years, and Boston College won both games easily. </p><p>In April 2011, UMass announced plans to join the <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a> and move up to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_1-A#Football_Bowl_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division 1-A">Football Bowl Subdivision</a>, the highest level of college football in the country. Boston College had been a member of this division for decades, and there was much speculation that the two schools may cultivate a renewal of the rivalry. This was confirmed when it was reported in September, 2011, that they had agreed to play a three-game biannual series beginning in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of the games will be played at BC's <a href="/wiki/Alumni_Stadium" title="Alumni Stadium">Alumni Stadium</a> and the other will be held at <a href="/wiki/Gillette_Stadium" title="Gillette Stadium">Gillette Stadium</a>. </p><p>Boston College is on a 11-game winning streak vs UMass, dating back to 1979, after beating the <a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_football" title="UMass Minutemen football">Minutemen</a> 45–28 in the 2021 season, and they lead the all-time series 22–5. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villanova">Villanova</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Villanova"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boston College and <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_football" title="Villanova Wildcats football">Villanova</a> have a dormant rivalry. The two Catholic universities met 46 times, and played a home-and-home series from 1945 to 1980 (save 1954), until Villanova disbanded their 1-A program. They last met in 2013 with Villanova as an FCS opponent for the Eagles, with Boston College taking the 24–14 victory at Chestnut Hill. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virginia_Tech">Virginia Tech</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Virginia Tech"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boston_College%E2%80%93Virginia_Tech_football_rivalry" title="Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry">Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry</a></div> <p>BC and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> first played in 1993 and have played every year since, except for 2004. Now both in the ACC, the two schools play each other every year despite not being in the same division. </p><p>The schools played each other twice in the same season in both 2007 and 2008; in both years, the Eagles won the regular season meeting while the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Hokies</a> won the rematch in the <a href="/wiki/ACC_Championship_Game" title="ACC Championship Game">ACC Championship Game</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> is famed for its seeming invincibility in Thursday night games at <a href="/wiki/Lane_Stadium" title="Lane Stadium">Lane Stadium</a>. Since 1994, the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Hokies</a> are 11–3 at home on Thursday nights. The Eagles delivered 2 of those 3 losses and until 2009 were the only team to beat <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lane_Stadium" title="Lane Stadium">Lane Stadium</a> on a Thursday night.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2007 Thursday night meeting between the Eagles and Hokies was undoubtedly the most exciting game of the rivalry. <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> led the No. 2 Eagles to an improbable comeback, scoring 2 TDs in the final 2:11 of the game to give BC a 14–10 victory over the No. 8 <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> leads the all-time series 19–11 as of the 2021 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_award_winners">Individual award winners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Individual award winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> – <a href="/wiki/1984_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1984 NCAA Division I-A football season">1984</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Award" title="Maxwell Award">Maxwell Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> – 1984</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Award" title="Walter Camp Award">Walter Camp Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> – 1984</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien_Award" title="Davey O'Brien Award">Davey O'Brien Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> – 1984</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Outland_Trophy" title="Outland Trophy">Outland Trophy</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ruth" title="Mike Ruth">Mike Ruth</a> – <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1985 NCAA Division I-A football season">1985</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas_Golden_Arm_Award" title="Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award">Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> – <a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2007</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Manning_Award" title="Manning Award">Manning Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> – 2007</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_Wide_World_of_Sports_Spirit_Award" title="Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award">Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mark_Herzlich" title="Mark Herzlich">Mark Herzlich</a> – 2009</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Butkus_Award" title="Butkus Award">Butkus Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> – 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lombardi_Award" title="Lombardi Award">Lombardi Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> – 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lott_Trophy" title="Lott Trophy">Lott Trophy</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> – 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski_Trophy" title="Bronko Nagurski Trophy">Bronko Nagurski Trophy</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> – 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker_Award" title="Doak Walker Award">Doak Walker Award</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Andre_Williams_(American_football)" title="Andre Williams (American football)">Andre Williams</a> – 2013</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consensus_All-Americans">Consensus All-Americans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Consensus All-Americans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gene_Goodreault_(1937).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gene_Goodreault_%281937%29.png/170px-Gene_Goodreault_%281937%29.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gene_Goodreault_%281937%29.png/255px-Gene_Goodreault_%281937%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gene_Goodreault_%281937%29.png/340px-Gene_Goodreault_%281937%29.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="649" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gene_Goodreault" title="Gene Goodreault">Gene Goodreault</a> (1938–40)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">College Football All-America Team</a></div> <p>Boston College has had 12 consensus All-Americans. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Urban" title="Luke Urban">Luke Urban</a> – 1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Goodreault" title="Gene Goodreault">Gene Goodreault</a> – 1940</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Holovak" title="Mike Holovak">Mike Holovak</a> – 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> – 1984</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Thurman" title="Tony Thurman">Tony Thurman</a> – 1984</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ruth" title="Mike Ruth">Mike Ruth</a> – 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Mitchell_(American_football)" title="Pete Mitchell (American football)">Pete Mitchell</a> – 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Cloud" title="Mike Cloud">Mike Cloud</a> – 1998</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Green_(American_football)" title="William Green (American football)">William Green</a> – 2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Silva" title="Jamie Silva">Jamie Silva</a> – 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> – 2010, 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Williams_(American_football)" title="Andre Williams (American football)">Andre Williams</a> – 2013</li></ul> </div> <p>Doug Flutie (1984), Luke Kuechly (2010), and Andre Williams (2013) were all <a href="/wiki/List_of_unanimous_All-Americans_in_college_football" title="List of unanimous All-Americans in college football">unanimous selections</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_honors">Individual honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Individual honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Retired numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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/></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Doug Flutie, one of the two players who have his number retired (left); Luke Kuechly (center) and Matt Ryan have their jerseys honored</div></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="5" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:white;box-shadow:"><b>Boston College Eagles retired numbers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="50px">No. </th> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="150px">Player </th> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="50px">Pos. </th> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="100px">Tenure </th> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="50px">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>22</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1981–1984</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bosret_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bosret-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>68</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ruth" title="Mike Ruth">Mike Ruth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_lineman" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive lineman">DL</a></td> <td>1982–1985</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bosret_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bosret-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Honored_jerseys">Honored jerseys</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Honored jerseys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eagles have retired eleven jerseys in addition to Flutie's and Ruth's retired numbers:<sup id="cite_ref-bosret_95-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bosret-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:white;box-shadow:"><b>Boston College Eagles honored jerseys</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="50px">No. </th> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="150px">Player </th> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="50px">Pos. </th> <th style="background-color:#DBCCA6;color:white;box-shadow:" width="100px">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>12</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>2004–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>12</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Holovak" title="Mike Holovak">Mike Holovak</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a></td> <td>1940–1942 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>13</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Rourke" title="Charlie O'Rourke">Charlie O'Rourke</a></td> <td>QB</td> <td>1938–1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>17</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Thurman" title="Tony Thurman">Tony Thurman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a></td> <td>1981–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>40</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></td> <td>2009–2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>50</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Goodreault" title="Gene Goodreault">Gene Goodreault</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/End_(gridiron_football)" title="End (gridiron football)">E</a></td> <td>1938–1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>82</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Mitchell_(American_football)" title="Pete Mitchell (American football)">Pete Mitchell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a></td> <td>1991–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>N/A</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Art Donovan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">T</a></td> <td>1946–1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>N/A</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_J._Flynn_(athletic_director)" title="William J. Flynn (athletic director)">Bill Flynn</a></td> <td>E</td> <td>1936–1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>N/A</b></td> <td>Lou Montgomery</td> <td>?</td> <td>1937–1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>N/A</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Urban" title="Luke Urban">Luke Urban</a></td> <td>E</td> <td>1916–1917, <br /> 1919–1920 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_Football_Hall_of_Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: College Football Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seven former BC players and three former coaches have been inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>. Five players from the 1940 "Team of Destiny", as well as the coach, are among the inductees. (Year Inducted) </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Dobie" title="Gil Dobie">Gil Dobie</a> – Coach (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cavanaugh_(American_football)" title="Frank Cavanaugh (American football)">Frank Cavanaugh</a> – Coach (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy" title="Frank Leahy">Frank Leahy</a> – Coach (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_O%27Rourke" title="Charlie O'Rourke">Charlie O'Rourke</a> – QB (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Gladchuk" title="Chet Gladchuk">Chet Gladchuk</a> – C (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Goodreault" title="Gene Goodreault">Gene Goodreault</a> – E (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kerr_(American_football,_born_1919)" title="George Kerr (American football, born 1919)">George Kerr</a> – G (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Holovak" title="Mike Holovak">Mike Holovak</a> – FB (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a> – QB (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ruth" title="Mike Ruth">Mike Ruth</a> – DT (2017)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conference_honors">Conference honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Conference honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_football_awards#Offensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big East Conference football awards">Big East Offensive Player of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Foley" title="Glenn Foley">Glenn Foley</a> – 1993</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_football_awards#Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big East Conference football awards">Big East Defensive Player of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mathias_Kiwanuka" title="Mathias Kiwanuka">Mathias Kiwanuka</a> – 2004</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_football_awards#Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big East Conference football awards">Big East Rookie of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Brian_Toal" title="Brian Toal">Brian Toal</a> – 2004</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_honors#Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Coast Conference football honors">ACC Player of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> – 2007</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_honors#Offensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Coast Conference football honors">ACC Offensive Player of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> – 2007</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_honors#Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Coast Conference football honors">ACC Defensive Player of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mark_Herzlich" title="Mark Herzlich">Mark Herzlich</a> – 2008</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> – 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_honors#Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Coast Conference football honors">ACC Rookie of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/A._J._Dillon" title="A. 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Of those picks, 9 were first round selections. BC had consecutive top 10 picks in 2008 and 2009; <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a> was selected 3rd overall by the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> in <a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_draft" title="2008 NFL draft">2008</a> and <a href="/wiki/B._J._Raji" title="B. J. Raji">B. J. Raji</a> was selected 9th overall by the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> in <a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_draft" title="2009 NFL draft">2009</a>. <a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a> has been the most recent Eagle stand-out in the NFL, selected by the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> with the 9th overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_draft" title="2012 NFL draft">2012 NFL draft</a>. <a href="/wiki/Zay_Flowers" title="Zay Flowers">Zay Flowers</a> was the most recent player to be selected in the 1st round, after being chosen by the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> with the 22nd overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_draft" title="2023 NFL draft">2023 NFL draft</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""O-Line_U""><span id=".22O-Line_U.22"></span>"O-Line U"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: "O-Line U""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eagles have a reputation of producing high-quality NFL offensive linemen, earning the school the nickname "O-Line U".<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable alums of O-Line U include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Nalen" title="Tom Nalen">Tom Nalen</a> (1989–1993): 3× <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> teams, 5× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> selection, 2× <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Stone_(American_football)" title="Ron Stone (American football)">Ron Stone</a> (1989–1992): 2× All-Pro teams, 3× Pro Bowl selection, 2× Super Bowl champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Woody" title="Damien Woody">Damien Woody</a> (1995–1998): 1× Pro Bowl selection, 2× Super Bowl champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Koppen" title="Dan Koppen">Dan Koppen</a> (1999–2002): 1× All-Pro team, 1× Pro Bowl selection, 2× Super Bowl champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Snee" title="Chris Snee">Chris Snee</a> (2000–2003): 3× All-Pro teams, 4× Pro Bowl selection, 2× Super Bowl champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lindstrom" title="Chris Lindstrom">Chris Lindstrom</a> (2015–2018): 2x All-Pro teams, 2x Pro Bowl selection</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_players">Notable players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Notable players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Boston_College_Eagles_football_players" title="Category:Boston College Eagles football players">Category:Boston College Eagles football players</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Beekman" title="Josh Beekman">Josh Beekman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Blackmon" title="Will Blackmon">Will Blackmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bosa" title="John Bosa">John Bosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Boudreau" title="Paul Boudreau">Paul Boudreau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Boyd_(American_football)" title="Stephen Boyd (American football)">Stephen Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Brace" title="Ron Brace">Ron Brace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Brennan" title="Brian Brennan">Brian Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Brown" title="Ricky Brown">Ricky Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Bulman" title="Tim Bulman">Tim Bulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Castonzo" title="Anthony Castonzo">Anthony Castonzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosder_Cherilus" title="Gosder Cherilus">Gosder Cherilus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Chmura" title="Mark Chmura">Mark Chmura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Cloud" title="Mike Cloud">Mike Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Colombo" title="Marc Colombo">Marc Colombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cronin_(fullback)" title="Bill Cronin (fullback)">Bill Cronin (fullback)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cronin_(tight_end)" title="Bill Cronin (tight end)">Bill Cronin (tight end)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Cronin_(American_football)" title="Jack Cronin (American football)">Jack Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_DiCosmo" title="Anthony DiCosmo">Anthony DiCosmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Dillon" title="A. J. Dillon">A. J. Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Art Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo-Lonn_Dunbar" title="Jo-Lonn Dunbar">Jo-Lonn Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasim_Edebali" title="Kasim Edebali">Kasim Edebali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zay_Flowers" title="Zay Flowers">Zay Flowers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Flutie" title="Darren Flutie">Darren Flutie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Silberman" title="Ian Silberman">Ian Silberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Foley" title="Glenn Foley">Glenn Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Freese" title="Nate Freese">Nate Freese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Francois" title="Robert Francois">Robert Francois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Garay" title="Antonio Garay">Antonio Garay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Green_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Green (football)">William Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gulman" title="Gary Gulman">Gary Gulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hasselbeck" title="Matt Hasselbeck">Matt Hasselbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hasselbeck" title="Tim Hasselbeck">Tim Hasselbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Herzlich" title="Mark Herzlich">Mark Herzlich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hovan" title="Chris Hovan">Chris Hovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Landry" title="Harold Landry">Harold Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lindstrom" title="Chris Lindstrom">Chris Lindstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Louis-Jean" title="Al Louis-Jean">Al Louis-Jean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Kendall" title="Pete Kendall">Pete Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Kuechly" title="Luke Kuechly">Luke Kuechly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathias_Kiwanuka" title="Mathias Kiwanuka">Mathias Kiwanuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Koppen" title="Dan Koppen">Dan Koppen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mamula" title="Mike Mamula">Mike Mamula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mayock" title="Mike Mayock">Mike Mayock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Milano" title="Matt Milano">Matt Milano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Mitchell_(American_football)" title="Pete Mitchell (American football)">Pete Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Nalen" title="Tom Nalen">Tom Nalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Nash" title="Joe Nash">Joe Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okechukwu_Okoroha" title="Okechukwu Okoroha">Okechukwu Okoroha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Phelan" title="Gerard Phelan">Gerard Phelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Pierre-Louis" title="Kevin Pierre-Louis">Kevin Pierre-Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinton_Porter" title="Quinton Porter">Quinton Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._J._Raji" title="B. J. Raji">B. J. Raji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Riley" title="Alex Riley">Alex Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Romanowski" title="Bill Romanowski">Bill Romanowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ruth" title="Mike Ruth">Mike Ruth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Matt Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Ryan_(tight_end)" title="Sean Ryan (tight end)">Sean Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Sherwin" title="Tim Sherwin">Tim Sherwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Silva" title="Jamie Silva">Jamie Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Simmons_(American_football)" title="Justin Simmons (American football)">Justin Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Smerlas" title="Fred Smerlas">Fred Smerlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Snee" title="Chris Snee">Chris Snee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_St._Pierre" title="Brian St. Pierre">Brian St. Pierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Swanke" title="Karl Swanke">Karl Swanke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Tennant" title="Matt Tennant">Matt Tennant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Trueblood" title="Jeremy Trueblood">Jeremy Trueblood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Waddle" title="Tom Waddle">Tom Waddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Walls" title="Lenny Walls">Lenny Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Williams_(American_football)" title="Andre Williams (American football)">Andre Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Woody" title="Damien Woody">Damien Woody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Zukauskas" title="Paul Zukauskas">Paul Zukauskas</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_non-conference_opponents">Future non-conference opponents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_College_Eagles_football&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Future non-conference opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span 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scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">2033 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">2034 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">2035 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:#FFFFFF;">2036 </th></tr> <tr> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fordham_Rams_football" title="Fordham Rams football">Fordham</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/BYU_Cougars_football" title="BYU Cougars football">BYU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BYU_Cougars_football" title="BYU Cougars football">BYU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine_Black_Bears_football" title="Maine Black Bears football">Maine</a> </td> <td><a 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<td><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Wildcats_football" title="New Hampshire Wildcats football">New Hampshire</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Kentucky_Hilltoppers_football" title="Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football">Western Kentucky</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine_Black_Bears_football" title="Maine Black Bears football">Maine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Rams_football" title="Rhode Island Rams football">Rhode Island</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football" title="Army Black Knights football">Army</a> </td> <td> </td> 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College–Virginia Tech football rivalry">Virginia Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Cod_Trophy" title="Sacred Cod Trophy">Sacred Cod Trophy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#8C2232;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DBCCA6, inset -2px -2px 0 #DBCCA6;;width:1%">Culture & lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_the_Eagle" title="Baldwin the Eagle">Baldwin the Eagle</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Boston" title="For Boston">For Boston</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Marching_Band" title="Boston College Marching Band">Marching band</a></li> <li>Scanlan Award</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hail_Flutie" title="Hail Flutie">Hail Flutie</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Major" title="The Iron Major">The Iron Major</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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inset 2px 2px 0 #DBCCA6, inset -2px -2px 0 #DBCCA6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_College_Eagles_football_seasons" title="List of Boston College Eagles football seasons"><span style="color:white">Seasons</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1893_Boston_College_football_team" title="1893 Boston College football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Boston_College_football_team" title="1894 Boston College football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Boston_College_football_team" title="1895 Boston College football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Boston_College_football_team" title="1896 Boston College football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Boston_College_football_team" title="1897 Boston College football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Boston_College_football_team" title="1898 Boston College football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Boston_College_football_team" title="1899 Boston College football team">1899</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1900</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Boston_College_football_team" title="1901 Boston College football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Boston_College_football_team" title="1902 Boston College football team">1902</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1903–1907</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Boston_College_football_team" title="1908 Boston College football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Boston_College_football_team" title="1909 Boston College football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Boston_College_football_team" title="1910 Boston College football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Boston_College_football_team" title="1911 Boston College football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Boston_College_football_team" title="1912 Boston College football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Boston_College_football_team" title="1913 Boston College football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Boston_College_football_team" title="1914 Boston College football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Boston_College_football_team" title="1915 Boston College football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Boston_College_football_team" title="1916 Boston College football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Boston_College_football_team" title="1917 Boston College football team">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Boston_College_football_team" title="1918 Boston College football team">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Boston_College_football_team" title="1919 Boston College football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1920 Boston College Eagles football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1921 Boston College Eagles football team">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1922 Boston College Eagles football team">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1923 Boston College Eagles football team">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1924 Boston College Eagles football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1925 Boston College Eagles football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1926 Boston College Eagles football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1927 Boston College Eagles football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1928 Boston College Eagles football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1929 Boston College Eagles football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1930 Boston College Eagles football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1931 Boston College Eagles football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1932 Boston College Eagles football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1933 Boston College Eagles football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1934 Boston College Eagles football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1935 Boston College Eagles football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1936 Boston College Eagles football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1937 Boston College Eagles football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1938 Boston College Eagles football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1939 Boston College Eagles football team">1939</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1940 Boston College Eagles football team">1940</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1941 Boston College Eagles football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1942 Boston College Eagles football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1943 Boston College Eagles football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1944 Boston College Eagles football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1945 Boston College Eagles football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1946 Boston College Eagles football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1947 Boston College Eagles football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1948 Boston College Eagles football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1949 Boston College Eagles football team">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1950 Boston College Eagles football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1951 Boston College Eagles football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1952 Boston College Eagles football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1953 Boston College Eagles football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1954 Boston College Eagles football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1955 Boston College Eagles football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1956 Boston College Eagles football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1957 Boston College Eagles football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1958 Boston College Eagles football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1959 Boston College Eagles football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1960 Boston College Eagles football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1961 Boston College Eagles football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1962 Boston College Eagles football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1963 Boston College Eagles football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1964 Boston College Eagles football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1965 Boston College Eagles football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1966 Boston College Eagles football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1967 Boston College Eagles football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1968 Boston College Eagles football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1969 Boston College Eagles football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1970 Boston College Eagles football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1971 Boston College Eagles football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1972 Boston College Eagles football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1973 Boston College Eagles football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1974 Boston College Eagles football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1975 Boston College Eagles football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1976 Boston College Eagles football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1977 Boston College Eagles football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1978 Boston College Eagles football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1979 Boston College Eagles football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1980 Boston College Eagles football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1981 Boston College Eagles football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1982 Boston College Eagles football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1983 Boston College Eagles football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1984 Boston College Eagles football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1985 Boston College Eagles football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1986 Boston College Eagles football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1987 Boston College Eagles football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1988 Boston College Eagles football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1989 Boston College Eagles football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1990 Boston College Eagles football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1991 Boston College Eagles football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1992 Boston College Eagles football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1993 Boston College Eagles football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1994 Boston College Eagles football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1995 Boston College Eagles football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1996 Boston College Eagles football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1997 Boston College Eagles football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1998 Boston College Eagles football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="1999 Boston College Eagles football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2000 Boston College Eagles football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2001 Boston College Eagles football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2002 Boston College Eagles football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2003 Boston College Eagles football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2004 Boston College Eagles football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2005 Boston College Eagles football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2006 Boston College Eagles football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2007 Boston College Eagles football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2008 Boston College Eagles football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2009 Boston College Eagles football 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