1952 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1952 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1952 college football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Mike Holovak and played their home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

1952 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1952 record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Toppa[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
1952 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hofstra    8 1 0
No. 19 Princeton    8 1 0
Franklin & Marshall    7 1 0
Villanova    7 1 1
Holy Cross    8 2 0
Yale    7 2 0
Penn State    7 2 1
No. 14 Syracuse    7 3 0
Bucknell    6 3 0
Colgate    6 3 0
Pittsburgh    6 3 0
Carnegie Tech    4 3 0
Harvard    5 4 0
Boston University    5 4 1
Penn    4 3 2
Army    4 4 1
Boston College    4 4 1
Tufts    3 4 1
Drexel    3 4 0
Fordham    2 5 1
NYU    2 5 1
Columbia    2 6 1
Brown    2 7 0
Cornell    2 7 0
Dartmouth    2 7 0
Temple    2 7 1
Buffalo    1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26RichmondW 14–713,413
October 4vs. Wake ForestT 7–711,000[2]
October 10Drake
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–1413,628
October 17No. 15 Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–2823,415
October 24Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 14–1313,991[3]
October 31Clemson
L 0–1310,040
November 7at DetroitW 23–2012,280[4]
November 15Xavier
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 0–66,640
November 28Holy Cross
L 7–2137,889[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 181.
  2. Roberts, Ernie (October 4, 1952). "Winston-Salem Agog Over B.C.-Wake Forest". Boston Globe. p. 7.
  3. Keane, Clif (October 25, 1952). "B.C. Halts Fordham at Goal to Save 14-13 Victory". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Dick Peters (November 8, 1952). "Last-Play Try from BC 1 Fails; U-D Falls, 23-20". Detroit Free Press. pp. 15–16.
  5. Nason, Jerry (November 28, 1952). "H.C. Cashes B.C. Miscues for 21-7 Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "1952 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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