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1917 Boston College football team

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1917 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles Fitzgerald
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Fenway Park
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     10 0 0
Williams     7 0 1
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
Army     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 1
Penn     9 2 0
Brown     8 2 0
Fordham     7 2 0
Lehigh     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 3 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Harvard     3 1 3
New Hampshire     3 2 2
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Geneva     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
NYU     2 2 3
Tufts     3 3 0
Carnegie Tech     2 3 1
Bucknell     3 5 1
Lafayette     3 5 0
Holy Cross     3 4 0
Rhode Island State     2 4 2
Carlisle     3 6 0
Columbia     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 0
Cornell     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 6 0
Villanova     0 3 2
Temple     0 6 1

The 1917 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Led by Charles Brickley in his second and final season as head coach, Boston College compiled a record of 6–2.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 292:15 p.m.Norwich
W 26–07,000[1][2]
October 6Naval Reserves
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 40–02,000[3]
October 12TuftsW 20–03,000[4]
October 20at Brown
L 2–7[5]
November 3Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 48–0[6]
November 10Holy Cross
W 34–65,000[7]
November 172:15 p.m.Middlebury
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 31–6[8]
November 24at ArmyL 7–14

References

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  1. ^ "Boston College Expects Stiff Game From Norwich". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 29, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Boston College Blanks Norwich". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Boston College Wins Again, Piling Up 40 Points Easily". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Boston College Eleven Defeats Tufts, Fighting Hard, 20 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Boston College Beaten By Brown". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Boston College Team Swamps Rhode Island State 48 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Boston College, Well Drilled in Football, Triumphs over Holy Cross Eleven, 34 to 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 11, 1917. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Boston College To Start Its Best Team". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.