1938 Boston College Eagles football team

American college football season

1938 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–2
Head coach	Gil Dobie (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Captain	Bill Flynn
Home stadium	Alumni Field Fenway Park
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Worcester Tech		–		6	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Villanova		–		8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross		–		8	–	1	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell		–		5	–	1	–	1
Army		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth		–		7	–	2	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell		–		5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	0
CCNY		–		4	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan		–		5	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	4	–	0
La Salle		–		4	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		4	–	4	–	0
Boston University		–		3	–	4	–	1
Penn State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Princeton		–		3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra		–		2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne		–		4	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	6	–	1
Providence		–		3	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		3	–	6	–	0
Colgate		–		2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	6	–	0
Yale		–		2	–	6	–	0
Tufts		–		1	–	6	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. Led by Gil Dobie in his third and final season as head coach, 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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Canisius	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 63–12
September 30	Northeastern	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 13–0	7,500	^[1]
October 12	Detroit	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 9–6	20,000	^[2]
October 21	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 26–26	12,000
October 29	Florida	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 33–0	7,732
November 5	Indiana	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 14–0	25,000
November 11	Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 21–14	15,000
November 19	Saint Anselm	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	T 0–0
November 26	vs. No. 11 Holy Cross	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 7–29	36,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "Boston College tops Northeastern 13–0". The Bangor Daily News. October 1, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ W.W. Edgar (October 13, 1938). "Boston Wipes Out a Titan Victory in Four Minutes". Detroit Free Press. pp. 17–18 – via Newspapers.com.

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