1936 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1936 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Gil Dobie, the Eagles compiled a record of 6–1–2. Boston College played home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Fenway Park in Boston.

1936 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainAlex Pszenny
Home stadiumAlumni Field (c. 15,000)
Fenway Park (c. 38,805)
1936 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Anselm    6 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh    8 1 1
No. 10 Penn    7 1 0
No. 12 Yale    7 1 0
No. 13 Dartmouth    7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall    7 1 1
No. 14 Duquesne    8 2 0
Boston College    6 1 2
Boston University    5 1 2
No. 15 Fordham    5 1 2
Holy Cross    7 2 1
Villanova    7 2 1
Army    6 3 0
Colgate    6 3 0
Drexel    6 3 0
Temple    6 3 2
La Salle    6 3 1
Buffalo    5 3 0
Columbia    5 3 0
Princeton    4 2 2
Saint Vincent    5 3 0
NYU    5 3 1
Manhattan    6 4 0
Northeastern    5 4 0
Bucknell    4 4 1
CCNY    4 4 0
Tufts    3 3 1
Harvard    3 4 1
Cornell    3 5 0
Penn State    3 5 0
Westminster (PA)    2 4 1
Brown    3 7 0
Carnegie Tech    2 6 0
Massachusetts State    2 6 0
Providence    1 7 0
Syracuse    1 7 0
Vermont    1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Northeastern
W 26–67,500
October 12TempleL 0–1424,000
October 17at New HampshireW 12–01,200[1][2]
October 24Providence
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 26–010,000[3]
October 31Michigan State
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
T 13–1311,000
November 7NC State
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 7–35,600
November 14Western Maryland
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 12–715,000
November 212:00 p.m.Boston University
T 0–015,000[4]
November 28Holy Cross
W 13–1228,000

References

  1. "Kissell's Work in Wildcat Game Gratifies Dobie". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1936. p. 11. Retrieved January 24, 2020 via newspapers.com.
  2. The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1938. pp. 294–297. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020 via library.unh.edu.
  3. "Boston Eagles defeat Friars by 26–0 score". The Hartford Courant. October 25, 1936. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Moore, Gerry (November 21, 1936). "Win Over B. C. Aim Of Terriers". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 6. Retrieved June 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.


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