1941 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1941 Boston College Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its first year under head coach Denny Myers, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 235 to 106.[2] The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston.

1941 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainAl Morro[1]
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne  800
Thiel  700
Saint Francis (PA)  601
No. 6 Fordham  810
Rochester  610
Trinity (CT)  610
Wagner  510
Franklin & Marshall  511
Penn State  720
Temple  720
Coast Guard  620
Norwich  620
Hofstra  520
Boston College  730
Syracuse  521
Bucknell  630
Drexel  421
Boston University  530
La Salle  530
Tufts  530
Army  531
CCNY  440
Villanova  440
Manhattan  441
Holy Cross  442
Colgate  332
Providence  332
Buffalo  341
Massachusetts State  341
Pittsburgh  360
Vermont  260
NYU  270
Carnegie Tech  170
Rankings from AP Poll

Three Boston College players were selected by the United Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-New England football team: center Naumetz, tackle Morro, and halfback Frank "Monk" Maznicki.[3] Other key players included backs Mike Holovak, Adolph Kissell, Ted Williams, and Lorenzo Castiglione.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Saint AnselmNewton, MAW 78–020,000[4]
September 27at TulaneL 7–2145,000[5]
October 11ClemsonL 13–2623,000[6]
October 18Manhattan
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 26–1312,000[7]
October 25Georgetown
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 14–622,000[8]
November 1No. 13 Temple
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 31–015,000[9]
November 8Wake Forest
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 26–613,446[10]
November 15TennesseeNo. 18
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 7–1432,000[11]
November 22Boston University
W 19–715,000[12]
November 29Holy Cross
W 14–1340,000[13]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References