1921 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainTony Comerford
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Braves Field
Seasons
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1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 0 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 2
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
New Hampshire   –   8 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   6 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 1
Fordham   –   4 – 3 – 2
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   4 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   4 – 5 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 3
Buffalo   –   2 – 3 – 2
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 5 – 2
Duquesne   –   0 – 4 – 1

The 1921 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College an independent during the 1921 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Boston College compiled a record of 4–3–1.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13:00 p.m.Boston University
W 13–0[1]
October 83:00 p.m.Providence College
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 25–0[2]
October 15at Baylor
W 23–7
October 22Detroit
L 0–28[3]
October 29at Fordham
T 0–05,000[4]
November 52:00 p.m.Marietta
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 14–0[5]
November 192:00 p.m.Georgetown
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 10–1420,000[6]
November 262:00 p.m.Holy Cross
L 0–41[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "B. U. Team Hopes To Score On B. C." The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "B. C. Will Take on Providence Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "U. of D. Defeats Boston: Detroit Team Easy Victor Over Boston". Detroit Free Press. October 23, 1921. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham and Boston College Elevens Plat Scoreless Tie". The Standard Union. Brooklyn, New York. October 30, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Donnellan To Run B. C. Team". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 5, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Boston College All Set For Georgetown". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 19, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Boston College Awaits Old Foe". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Boston College Awaits Old Foe (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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