1945 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1945 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1945 college football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Moody Sarno, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Fenway Park in Boston. Boston College finished with a record of 3–4. Sarno was relieved of his duties as head coach at the conclusion of the season, as Denny Myers returned from his service in the Navy during World War II. Sarno compiled a record of 11–7–1 as head coach at Boston College.

1945 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
1945 record3–4
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Donelan[1]
Home stadiumAlumni Field & Fenway Park
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Army      9 0 0
Franklin & Marshall      4 0 1
No. 20 Columbia      8 1 0
Temple      7 1 0
No. 16 Holy Cross      8 2 0
Tufts      4 1 0
No. 8 Penn      6 2 0
Yale      6 3 0
Massachusetts State      2 1 1
Harvard      5 3 0
Penn State      5 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Boston College      3 4 0
Brown      3 4 1
Colgate      3 4 1
Princeton      2 3 2
NYU      3 4 0
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Bucknell      2 5 0
Drexel      2 5 0
Dartmouth      1 6 1
Syracuse      1 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 29Squantum NASW 13–05,000
October 6at BrownL 6–5110,000
October 12NYU
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 28–05,000
October 27at Merchant Marine
L 20–336,000[2]
November 10at VillanovaL 0–414,000
November 17ScrantonW 12–0
November 25Holy Cross
L 0–4632,457
Source:[1][3]

References

  1. 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 180.
  2. "Kings Point Wins, 33-20: Merchant Marine Academy Team Downs Boston College". The New York Times. October 28, 1945. p. S3.
  3. "1945 Boston College Eagles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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