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1984 Boston College Eagles football team

American college football season

1984 Boston College Eagles football team

American college football season

FieldValue
year1984
teamBoston College Eagles
sportfootball
conferenceIndependent
CoachRank4
APRank5
record10–2
head_coachJack Bicknell
hc_year4th
def_coachSeymour "Red" Kelin
dc_year4th
captainMark MacDonald
captain2David Thomas
captain3Scott Harrington
stadiumAlumni Stadium
Sullivan Stadium
championCotton Bowl Classic champion
Eastern champion
bowl[Cotton Bowl Classic](1985-cotton-bowl-classic)
bowl_resultW 45–28 vs. [Houston](1984-houston-cougars-football-team)

Sullivan Stadium Eastern champion

The 1984 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Doug Flutie gained national attention in 1984 when he quarterbacked the Eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game against the Miami Hurricanes (led by QB Bernie Kosar). The game was nationally televised on CBS the day after Thanksgiving and thus had a huge audience. Miami staged a dramatic drive to take the lead, 45–41, in the closing minute of the game. Boston College then took possession at its own 22-yard line with 28 seconds to go. After two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only 6 seconds remained. On the last play of the game, Flutie scrambled away from the defense and threw a Hail Mary pass that was caught in the end zone by senior wide receiver Gerard Phelan, giving BC a 47–45 win. Although many people think that play clinched the Heisman Trophy for Flutie, the voting was already complete before that game.

Boston College finished the season with a 10–2 record and a No. 5 ranking in the final AP Poll. The Eagles defeated the Southwest Conference champion Houston Cougars 45–28 in the 1985 Cotton Bowl. The team also captured the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (emblematic of the 'Eastern championship' in Division I FBS).

Flutie left school as the NCAA's all-time passing yardage leader with 10,579 yards and was a consensus All-American as a senior. He earned Player of the Year awards from UPI, Kodak, The Sporting News, and the Maxwell Football Club.

Schedule

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Personnel

Rankings

Game summaries

Western Carolina

At Alabama

North Carolina

Temple

At West Virginia

Rutgers

At Penn State

Army

Syracuse

At Miami (FL)

Main article: Hail Flutie

Holy Cross

Vs. Houston (Cotton Bowl)

Awards and honors

Official 1985 Boston College Cotton Bowl pin given to BC players, coaches, and school administrators.
  • Doug Flutie, QB, Heisman Trophy
  • Doug Flutie, QB, Walter Camp Award
  • Doug Flutie, QB, Maxwell Award
  • Doug Flutie, QB, Davey O'Brien Award

1984 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1985 NFL draft.

Bill Romanowski was also a member of the team and was drafted in 1988.

References

References

  1. "Heisman Trophy". Heisman.com.
  2. (September 2, 1984). "BC, Flutie get it done, 44–24". The Boston Globe.
  3. (September 9, 1984). "BC's 'greatest comeback' swamps Alabama, 38–31". The Boston Globe.
  4. (September 23, 1984). "BC's Flutie passes Tar Heels dizzy". Tulsa World.
  5. (October 14, 1984). "Boston College downs Temple". Star Tribune.
  6. (October 21, 1984). "West Virginia edges BC, 21–20, on a late TD drive". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  7. (October 28, 1984). "BC flips Rutgers, 35–23 as Flutie nears record". Courier-Post.
  8. (November 4, 1984). "Penn St. downs Boston College". Asbury Park Press.
  9. (November 11, 1984). "Flutie's TD tosses bury Army, 45–31". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  10. (November 18, 1984). "Boston College is 'unofficially' invited to Cotton Bowl". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  11. (November 24, 1984). "Hail Flutie; Desperation pass gives Boston College a 47–45 victory over U–M". The Miami News.
  12. Thomsen, Ian. (December 2, 1984). "Small Wonder, No Wonder; Eagles Wrap Up HC, 45-10". [[The Boston Globe.
  13. (January 2, 1985). "Boston College shows more than Flutiie, 45–28". USA Today.
  14. "College Football Scoreboard." Gainesville Sun. pg. 4F. 1984 Nov 11. Retrieved 2022-Dec-27.
  15. (November 24, 1984). "FLUTIE'S PASS ON LAST PLAY OVERCOMES MIAMI BY 47-45". [[The New York Times]].
  16. (November 24, 1984). "Flutie's Desperation Pass Beats Miami, 47-45". [[The Washington Post]].
  17. (January 2, 1985). "FLUTIE PASSES FOR 3 SCORES AS BOSTON COLLEGE WINS". The New York Times.
  18. (January 2, 1985). "Flutie Short of Miracles but BC Wins, 45-28". The Washington Post.
  19. "Heisman Winners". Heisman.
  20. "Football".
  21. "1985 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
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