1917 Boston College football team

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1917
Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles Fitzgerald
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Fenway Park
Seasons
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     10 0 0
Williams     7 0 1
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
Army     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 1
Penn     9 2 0
Brown     8 2 0
Fordham     7 2 0
Lehigh     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 3 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Harvard     3 1 3
New Hampshire     3 2 2
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Geneva     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
NYU     2 2 3
Tufts     3 3 0
Carnegie Tech
    2 3 1
Bucknell     3 5 1
Lafayette     3 5 0
Holy Cross     3 4 0
Rhode Island State     2 4 2
Carlisle     3 6 0
Columbia     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 0
Cornell     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall
    2 6 0
Villanova     0 3 2
Temple
    0 6 1

The 1917 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Led by Charles Brickley in his second and final season as head coach, Boston College compiled a record of 6–2.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 292:15 p.m.
Norwich
W 26–07,000[1][2]
October 6Naval Reserves
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 40–02,000[3]
October 12TuftsW 20–03,000[4]
October 20at Brown
L 2–7[5]
November 3Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 48–0[6]
November 10Holy Cross
W 34–65,000[7]
November 172:15 p.m.
Middlebury
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 31–6[8]
November 24at ArmyL 7–14

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