1916 Boston College football team

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

1916
Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainMaurice Dullea
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Fenway Park
Seasons
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Yale     8 1 0
Fordham     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Penn State     8 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Lehigh     6 2 1
Dartmouth     5 2 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Penn     7 3 1
Temple
    3 1 2
Tufts     5 3 0
Carnegie Tech
    4 3 0
Rutgers     3 2 2
NYU     4 3 1
Syracuse     5 4 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Vermont     4 5 0
Rhode Island State     3 4 1
New Hampshire     3 5 2
Geneva     2 5 2
Carlisle     1 3 1
Lafayette     2 6 1
Bucknell     3 9 0
Columbia     1 5 2
Franklin & Marshall
    1 7 0
Villanova     1 8 0

The 1916 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Charles Brickley, Boston College compiled a record of 6–2.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 233:00 p.m.Neponset Wanderers
W 16–0[1]
September 30at Dartmouth
L 6–32
October 123:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 19–0[2][3]
October 21at Tufts
L 0–13
October 28at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 21–7
November 42:30 p.m.Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 39–0[4][5]
November 182:15 p.m.
Worcester Tech
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 49–0[6]
December 2Holy CrossW 17–148,000[7]

References

  1. Newspapers.com Open access icon
    .
  2. .
  3. ^ "Rooters Make Trip to Boston in Vain". The New Hampshire. Vol. 6, no. 5. Durham, New Hampshire. October 21, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via UNH.edu.
  4. Newspapers.com Open access icon
    .
  5. Newspapers.com
    .
  6. .
  7. Newspapers.com
    .