1936 Boston College Eagles football team

1936 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainAlex Pszenny
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Fenway Park
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   6 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 2
Saint Vincent   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 4 – 0
Northeastern   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Westminster (PA)   –   2 – 4 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 7 – 0
Syracuse   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Gil Dobie, the Eagles compiled a record of 6–1–2. Boston College played home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Fenway Park in Boston.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Northeastern
W 26–67,500
October 12Temple
L 0–1424,000
October 17at New Hampshire
W 12–01,200[1][2]
October 24Providence
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 26–010,000[3]
October 31Michigan State
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
T 13–1311,000
November 7NC State
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 7–35,600–10,000[4]
November 14Western Maryland
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 12–715,000
November 212:00 p.m.Boston University
T 0–015,000[5]
November 28Holy Cross
W 13–1228,000

References

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  1. ^ "Kissell's Work in Wildcat Game Gratifies Dobie". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1936. p. 11. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ The Granite. Durham, New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire. 1938. pp. 294–297. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via library.unh.edu.
  3. ^ "Boston Eagles defeat Friars by 26–0 score". The Hartford Courant. October 25, 1936. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Boston College rallies to win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 8, 1936. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Moore, Gerry (November 21, 1936). "Win Over B. C. Aim Of Terriers". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 6. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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