1944 Boston College Eagles football team

1944 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3
Head coach	Moody Sarno (2nd season)
Captain	Pete Baleyko, George Donelan[1]
Home stadium	Alumni Field, Braves Field, Fenway Park

1944 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	4	–	2
Syracuse			–					2	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	4	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1944 college football season. The Eagles were led by head coach Moody Sarno, who was in his second year covering for Denny Myers while Myers served in the United States Navy. Boston College played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Braves Field and Fenway Park in Boston. They finished with a record of 4–3.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7		at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–13	43,000	[2]
October 13	8:00 p.m.	CCNY	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 33–0		[3][4]
October 20		NYU	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 42–13	5,000	[5]
October 28	2:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 19–12		[6]
November 4		Melville PT Boats	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	L 0–45	12,000	[7]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	Brooklyn	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 24–21	6,500	[8]
November 26		Holy Cross	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 14–30	30,000	[9]

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References

1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
2. "43,000 See Harvard Down Eagles, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1944. p. S3.
3. "Eagles' Improved "T" Play Expected to Beat C. C. N. Y." The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1944. p. 25. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "B. C. Eleven Trounces C. C. N. Y. Rivals, 33-0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1944. p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Elliott Paces B.C. to 42-13 Victory". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. October 21, 1944. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Mason, Jerry (October 28, 1944). "Syracuse Eleven Choice Over B. C." The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
7. Kane, Dan (November 4, 1944). "P. T. Vets Expected To Test B. C. Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 2. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "B. C.-Brooklyn Elevens Appear Evenly Matched". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1944. p. 26. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
9. Nason, Jerry (November 27, 1944). "Holy Cross Triumphs, 30-14, as Owens' Air Blitz Thrills 30,000". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "1944 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.