1919 Boston College football team

1919 Boston College football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Frank Cavanaugh (1st season)
Captain	James Fitzpatrick
Home stadium	Alumni Field, Fenway Park, Braves Field

1919 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	1
New Hampshire			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	0
Williams			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	2
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	3
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	4	–	2
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	8	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1919 Boston College football team represented Boston College an independent during the 1919 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Boston College compiled a record of 5–3.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27		USS Utah	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 22–0		[1]
October 4	3:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–17	16,000	[2][3]
October 11	3:00 p.m.	Middlebury	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	W 25–0		[4]
October 18		at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 5–3
October 25		at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–13
November 8	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 7–13		[5]
November 15	2:00 p.m.	Holy Cross	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 9–7		[6]
November 29	2:00 p.m.	Georgetown	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 10–9		[7]
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Drop Kick Gives B. C. Final Points". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 28, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "Harvard Takes On Boston College". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. Melville E. Webb Jr (October 5, 1919). "Harvard Quick To Make Most of Slip: Muster Attack After Error by Boston College; Stirring Football, 16,000 Looking On, With Crimson Winner, 17 to 0". The Boston Globe. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Boston College Drilled For Game With Middlebury". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
5. Hallahan, John J. (November 8, 1919). "Boston's Big Game B. C. Vs Rutgers". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 4. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "B. C. And Holy Cross Each Expects To Win". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
7. Hallahan, John J. (November 29, 1919). "B. C. And Georgetown Both Count On Speed". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 7. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .