1951 Boston College Eagles football team

1951 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Mike Holovak (1st season)
Captain	Mike Roarke[1]
Home stadium	Braves Field

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Holovak, the Eagles compiled a record of 3–6. The team was ranked at No. 85 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

Boston College played home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Wake Forest	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 6–20	20,587	[3]
October 5	at Ole Miss	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 7–34	9,000	[4]
October 12	Fordham	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 19–35	16,763	[5]
October 19	Detroit	Braves Field Boston, MA	L 13–19	10,123	[6]
October 27	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 28–35	10,000	[7]
November 2	Richmond	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 21–7	5,514	[8]
November 10	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	L 2–21	14,000	[9]
November 17	Villanova	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 20–13	7,782
December 1	No. 19 Holy Cross	Braves Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 19–14	41,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
2. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Wake Forest wins in Rogers' debut". The Chattanooga Daily Times. September 22, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Ole Miss wallops Boston College 34–7". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 7, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Mozley, Dana (October 13, 1951). "Franz Passes Fordham to Win over BC, 35-49". Daily News. New York, N.Y. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Titans Make 19-0 Lead Last to Edge BC, 19-13". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1951. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Georgia beats BC on flashy air attack". The Birmingham News. October 28, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "B.C. beats Richmond; 1st victory since 1949". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Hair provides Clemson's spark as B.C. bows, 21–2". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Nason, Jerry (November 25, 1951). "B.C. Upsets Holy Cross, 19 to 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "1951 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.