1953 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1953 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1953 college football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Mike Holovak and played their home games at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

1953 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJoe Johnson[1]
Home stadiumFenway Park
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army   –    7 –1 –1
Harvard   –    6 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    5 –2 –0
Hofstra   –    6 –3 –0
Penn State   –    6 –3 –0
Yale   –    5 –2 –2
Carnegie Tech   –    5 –3 –0
Boston College   –    5 –3 –1
Boston University   –    5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –    5 –3 –1
Princeton   –    5 –4 –0
Tufts   –    4 –3 –0
Cornell   –    4 –3 –2
Holy Cross   –    5 –5 –0
Temple   –    4 –4 –1
Colgate   –    3 –4 –2
Columbia   –    4 –5 –0
Fordham   –    4 –5 –0
Villanova   –    4 –6 –0
Drexel   –    2 –3 –1
Brown   –    3 –5 –1
Penn   –    3 –5 –1
Pittsburgh   –    3 –5 –1
Dartmouth   –    2 –7 –0
Buffalo   –    1 –5 –1
Bucknell   –    1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26ClemsonT 14–1410,960
October 3at No. 19 LSUL 6–4225,000
October 11Villanova
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 7–1511,901
October 16at FordhamW 20–1313,000
October 25at XavierW 31–1410,000
October 31Richmond
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 0–146,167
November 7Wake Forest
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 20–73,273
November 15Detroit
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 33–207,628
November 28Holy Cross
W 6–037,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[2][1]

References

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