1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Franklin & Marshall – 9–0–0
No. 6 Princeton – 9–0–0
St. Lawrence – 8–0–0
Thiel – 7–0–0
No. 2 Army – 8–1–0
Fordham – 8–1–0
Carnegie Tech – 7–1–0
Drexel – 6–1–0
Cornell – 7–2–0
Gannon – 6–2–0
Bucknell – 6–3–0
Penn – 6–3–0
Yale – 6–3–0
Buffalo – 5–3–0
Colgate – 5–3–0
Penn State – 5–3–1
Syracuse – 5–5–0
Temple – 4–4–1
Tufts – 4–4–1
Columbia – 4–5–0
Villanova – 4–5–0
Holy Cross – 4–5–1
Dartmouth – 3–5–1
Boston University – 3–5–0
Duquesne – 2–6–1
Hofstra – 2–6–0
NYU – 1–5–1
CCNY – 1–7–0
Harvard – 1–7–0
Brown – 1–8–0
Pittsburgh – 1–8–0
Boston College – 0–9–1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1950 college football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Denny Myers and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College finished winless for the first time since 1902 with a record of 0–9–1. The tie came against Wake Forest. Myers announced his resignation as head coach prior to the season finale against rival Holy Cross.[2] He compiled a record of 35–27–4 while at Boston College.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Wake Forest
T 7–712,324[3]
September 30at No. 6 Oklahoma
L 0–2833,000[4]
October 7at Ole Miss
L 0–5415,000[5]
October 13Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 6–2610,884[6]
October 20Georgetown
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 10–2014,538
October 27Georgia
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–199,243[7]
November 4Penn State
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 13–208,503
November 11No. 13 Clemson
L 14–359,606[8]
November 18Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–296,281
December 2Holy Cross
L 14–3225,035[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. 1 2 2016 Boston College football media guide Archived September 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. p. 180.
  2. ↑ "Myers Quits Boston College". The Washington Post. November 22, 1950. p. 16.
  3. ↑ Jerry Nason. "B.C. Eleven Ties Wake Forest, 7-7, Before 12,324". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Oklahoma again humiliates Eagles, 28–0". The Boston Globe. October 1, 1950. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Ole Miss beats Boston College". The Tampa Tribune. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Roberts, Ernie (October 14, 1950). "Boston College Trounced, 26-6, by Fordham". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Georgia passes bomb BC, 19–7". The Atlanta Constitution. October 28, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Clemson's last-half burst smothers Bostonians". The State. November 12, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Nason, Jerry (December 3, 1950). "Holy Cross Rally Beats B.C., 32-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "1950 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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