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1916 Boston College football team

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1916 Boston College football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainMaurice Dullea
Home stadiumAlumni Field, Fenway Park
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Yale     8 1 0
Fordham     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Penn State     8 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Lehigh     6 2 1
Dartmouth     5 2 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Penn     7 3 1
Temple     3 1 2
Tufts     5 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Rutgers     3 2 2
NYU     4 3 1
Syracuse     5 4 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Vermont     4 5 0
Rhode Island State     3 4 1
Geneva     2 5 2
Carlisle     1 3 1
Lafayette     2 6 1
Bucknell     3 9 0
Columbia     1 5 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 0
Villanova     1 8 0

The 1916 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Charles Brickley, Boston College compiled a record of 6–2.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 233:00 p.m.Neponset Wanderers
W 16–0[1]
September 30at Dartmouth
L 6–32
October 123:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 19–0[2]
October 21at Tufts
L 0–13
October 28at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 21–7
November 42:30 p.m.Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 39–0[3][4]
November 182:15 p.m.Worcester Tech
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 49–0[5]
December 2Holy CrossW 17–148,000[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Boston College Line Showing Improvement". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 23, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Boston College May Try Open Game In Today's Game". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Boston College Ready For Rhode Island State". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Boston College 39, Rhode Island 0". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1916. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Boston College Plays Worcester Tech Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Sweeney, Lawrence J. (December 3, 1916). "Boston Wins Bitter Battle". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.