1934 Boston College Eagles football team

1934 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainDave Couhig[1]
Home stadiumAlumni Field
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
La Salle   –   7 – 0 – 1
Washington College   –   5 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Colgate   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Temple   –   7 – 1 – 2
No. 10 Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 2
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 1 – 1
Rochester   –   5 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   4 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 3 – 1
  –   5 – 4 – 0
Bates   –   3 – 3 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Williams   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colby   –   3 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   2 – 3 – 3
Manhattan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 2
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Saint Joseph's   –   2 – 5 – 1
Cornell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 0
Norwich   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bowdoin   –   0 – 6 – 1
Lowell Textile   –   0 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1934 college football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Joe McKenney and played their home games at Alumni Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The team finished with a record of 5–4. At the conclusion of the season, McKenney resigned as head coach, seemingly at the height of his career at 30 years old, to accept a position as assistant director of physical education for Boston Public Schools.[2] McKenney was 44–18–3 while serving as head coach of Boston College.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Saint AnselmW 18–6
October 6at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAW 14–0
October 12Fordham
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 0–622,000
October 20vs. Western MarylandL 19–610,300[3]
October 27Providence
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 7–13
November 3Villanova
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 6–0
November 122:00 p.m.Centre
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 7–012,000–20,000[4][5]
November 17Boston University
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
W 10–010,000
December 1Holy Cross
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
L 2–718,000

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References

  1. ^ a b 2016 Boston College football media guide. p. 178.
  2. ^ Lynch, Daniel (February 17, 1935). "Why Joe McKenney Quit At Height of His Career". The Boston Globe. p. A44.
  3. ^ "Western Md. Routs Boston Eleven: Terrors Begin Fast and Roll Up Touchdowns". The Baltimore Sun. October 21, 1934 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Moore, Gerry (November 12, 1934). "Praying Colonels of Kentucky Arrive in Boston for Contest With Boston College Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 6. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (November 13, 1934). "B. C. Shades Centre Again In Last Period". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. pp. 1, 18. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.