1934 Boston College Eagles football team

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.

1934 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainDave Couhig[1]
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
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
Boston College     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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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 12Centre
  • Alumni Field
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 7–020,000
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

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  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.