1919 Boston College football team

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1919 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainJames Fitzpatrick
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Fenway Park, Braves Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     9 0 1
Penn State     7 1 0
Swarthmore     7 1 0
Dartmouth     6 1 1
Colgate     5 1 1
New Hampshire     7 2 0
Lafayette     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 0
Williams     6 2 0
Syracuse     8 3 0
Penn     6 2 1
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 3 0
Princeton     4 2 1
Geneva     4 2 2
Army     6 3 0
Boston College     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Rutgers     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Villanova     5 3 1
Brown     5 4 1
Bucknell     5 4 1
NYU     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     3 4 0
Columbia     2 4 3
Cornell     3 5 0
Vermont     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 4 2
Tufts     2 5 0
Buffalo     0 5 1
Rhode Island State     0 8 1
Drexel     0 4 0

The 1919 Boston College football team represented Boston College an independent during the 1919 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Boston College compiled a record of 5–3.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27USS Utah
W 22–0[1]
October 43:00 p.m.at HarvardL 0–1716,000[2][3]
October 113:00 p.m.Middlebury
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 25–0[4]
October 18at YaleW 5–3
October 25at ArmyL 0–13
November 82:00 p.m.Rutgers
L 7–13[5]
November 152:00 p.m.Holy Cross
W 9–7[6]
November 292:00 p.m.Georgetown
W 10–9[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Drop Kick Gives B. C. Final Points". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 28, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Harvard Takes On Boston College". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Melville E. Webb Jr (October 5, 1919). "Harvard Quick To Make Most of Slip: Muster Attack After Error by Boston College; Stirring Football, 16,000 Looking On, With Crimson Winner, 17 to 0". The Boston Globe. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Boston College Drilled For Game With Middlebury". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Hallahan, John J. (November 8, 1919). "Boston's Big Game B. C. Vs Rutgers". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 4. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "B. C. And Holy Cross Each Expects To Win". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Hallahan, John J. (November 29, 1919). "B. C. And Georgetown Both Count On Speed". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.