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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27USS Utah
W 22–0[1]
October 43:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 0–1716,000[2][3]
October 113:00 p.m.Middlebury
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 25–0[4]
October 18at Yale
W 5–3
October 25at Army
L 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

  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.


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