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1921 Boston College Eagles football team

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1921 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainTony Comerford
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Braves Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson     10 0 1
Lafayette     9 0 0
Cornell     8 0 0
Penn State     8 0 2
Yale     8 1 0
New Hampshire     8 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     6 1 2
Villanova     6 1 2
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 0
Harvard     7 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 1
Brown     5 3 1
Bucknell     5 3 1
Geneva     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Army     6 4 0
Princeton     4 3 0
Boston College     4 3 1
Fordham     4 3 2
Penn     4 3 2
Colgate     4 4 2
Lehigh     4 4 0
Springfield     4 5 2
Vermont     3 4 0
NYU     2 3 3
Buffalo     2 3 2
Drexel     2 3 1
Rutgers     4 6 0
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
Columbia     2 6 0
Tufts     1 5 2
Duquesne     0 4 1

The 1921 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College an independent during the 1921 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Boston College compiled a record of 4–3–1.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13:00 p.m.Boston UniversityW 13–0[1]
October 83:00 p.m.Providence College
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 25–0[2]
October 15at BaylorW 23–7
October 22DetroitL 0–28[3]
October 29at FordhamT 0–05,000[4]
November 52:00 p.m.Marietta
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 14–0[5]
November 192:00 p.m.Georgetown
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 10–1420,000[6]
November 262:00 p.m.Holy Cross
L 0–41[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "B. U. Team Hopes To Score On B. C." The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 1, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "B. C. Will Take on Providence Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "U. of D. Defeats Boston: Detroit Team Easy Victor Over Boston". Detroit Free Press. October 23, 1921. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fordham and Boston College Elevens Plat Scoreless Tie". The Standard Union. Brooklyn, New York. October 30, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Donnellan To Run B. C. Team". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 5, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Boston College All Set For Georgetown". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 19, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Boston College Awaits Old Foe". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Boston College Awaits Old Foe (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 26, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.