1945 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1945 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1945 college football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Moody Sarno, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston. Boston College finished with a record of 3–4. Sarno was relieved of his duties as head coach at the conclusion of the season, as Denny Myers returned from his service in the Navy during World War II. Sarno compiled a record of 11–7–1 as head coach at Boston College.

1945 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Donelan[1]
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Fenway Park
1945 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army    9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall    4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia    8 1 0
Temple    7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross    8 2 0
Tufts    4 1 0
No. 8 Penn    6 2 0
Yale    6 3 0
Massachusetts State    2 1 1
Harvard    5 3 0
Penn State    5 3 0
Cornell    5 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Boston College    3 4 0
Brown    3 4 1
Colgate    3 4 1
Princeton    2 3 2
NYU    3 4 0
Pittsburgh    3 7 0
Bucknell    2 5 0
Drexel    2 5 0
Dartmouth    1 6 1
Syracuse    1 6 0
Boston University    0 5 0
CCNY    0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Squantum NASW 13–05,000[2]
October 6at BrownL 6–5110,000
October 12NYUW 28–05,000[3]
October 27at Merchant Marine
L 20–336,000[4]
November 108:30 p.m.at VillanovaL 0–414,000[5]
November 17Scranton
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 12–02,000[6]
November 25Holy Cross
L 0–4632,457[7]

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References

  1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. Francis, Henry G. (September 30, 1945). "Ex-Marines Give B. C. 13-0 Win". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 28. Retrieved June 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. Webb, Melville (October 13, 1945). "Carney Gets Three Touchdowns, One of 75 Yards, as B.C. Wins, 28-0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Kings Point Wins, 33-20: Merchant Marine Academy Team Downs Boston College". The New York Times. October 28, 1945. p. S3.
  5. McNulty, Joe (November 10, 1945). "Villanova Ends Season Tonight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 16. Retrieved June 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Boston College Leads Scranton Eleven". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 17, 1945. p. 1. Retrieved June 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. Nason, Jerry (November 26, 1945). "Miami-Bound H.C. Eleven Forges Record Margin over B.C., 46-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "1945 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.


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