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1952 Boston College Eagles football team

1952 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Toppa[1]
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester     8 0 0
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

The 1952 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1952 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Mike Holovak, the Eagles compiled a record of 4–4–1. Boston College played home games at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26RichmondW 14–713,413[2]
October 4vs. Wake ForestT 7–711,000[3]
October 108:30 p.m.Drake
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–1413,628[4][5][6]
October 17No. 15 Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 7–2823,415
October 24Fordham
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 14–1313,991[7]
October 31Clemson
L 0–1310,040[8]
November 7at DetroitW 23–2012,280[9]
November 15Xavier
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 0–66,640[10]
November 28Holy Cross
L 7–2137,889[11]

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References

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  1. ^ a b 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 181.
  2. ^ "B.C. defeats Richmond in opener 14–7". The Berkshire Eagle. September 27, 1952. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 4, 1952). "Winston-Salem Agog Over B.C.-Wake Forest". Boston Globe. p. 7.
  4. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 10, 1952). "Eagles Face Drake Eleven at Braves Field". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved May 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 11, 1952). "Boston College Holds Off Drake, Wins 20 to 14". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 11, 1952). "Eagles Forced to Stave Off Last-Ditch Rally (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 6. Retrieved May 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Hair sparks Clemson over favored Boston College Eagles, 13–0". The Index-Journal. November 1, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Dick Peters (November 8, 1952). "Last-Play Try from BC 1 Fails; U-D Falls, 23-20". Detroit Free Press. pp. 15–16.
  10. ^ "Fumbling B.C. let off easy as Xavier triumphs, 6–0". The Boston Sunday Globe. November 16, 1952. Retrieved May 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "1952 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.


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