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American college football season
The 1986 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Bicknell and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They also played an alternate-site home game at Sullivan Stadium (later known as Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Boston College ended the season on an eight-game winning streak, capped by the 1986 Hall of Fame Bowl, where they defeated Georgia, 27–24 on a last-minute touchdown pass from Shawn Halloran to Kelvin Martin.[1]
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | Rutgers | | | L 9–11 | 30,000 | |
September 13 | California | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| | W 21–15 | 30,544 | |
September 20 | No. 5 Penn State | | | L 14–26 | 42,329 | |
October 4 | at SMU | | | L 29–31 | 26,432 | |
October 11 | at Maryland | | | W 30–25 | 45,380 | [2] |
October 18 | Louisville | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| | W 41–7 | 28,105 | |
October 25 | at West Virginia | | | W 19–10 | 47,760 | [3] |
November 1 | at Army | | | W 27–20 | 40,315 | |
November 8 | at Temple | | | W 38–29 | 17,952 | |
November 15 | Syracuse | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| | W 27–9 | 32,000 | |
November 22 | at Holy Cross | | | W 56–26 | 23,271 | [4] |
| vs. No. 17 Georgia | | Mizlou | W 27–24 | 25,368 | [5] |
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1986 Boston College Eagles football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
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- ^ "1986 Hall of Fame Bowl". tampabayfootball.net. Tampa Bay Football History Network. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ "Boston College rides Halloran past Maryland". The Courier-Journal. October 12, 1986. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "BC stops W. Va., 19–10". The Boston Globe. October 26, 1986. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ MacMullan, Jackie (November 23, 1986). "Happy Ending for BC, Harvard; Eagles Outslug HC, 56-26". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Halloran flings BC by Georgia". Fort Lauderdale News. December 24, 1986. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1986 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
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Venues |
- South End Grounds (1893–1899, 1902)
- American League Baseball Grounds (1901)
- Alumni Field (1915–1921, 1923, 1932–1941, 1943–1945, 1955)
- Fenway Park (1914–1917, 1919–1920, 1927–1931, 1936–1945, 1953–1956)
- Braves Field (1918–1927, 1944, 1946–1952)
- Alumni Stadium (1957–present)
- Sullivan Stadium (alternate)
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Bowls & rivalries | |
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Culture & lore | |
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People | |
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Seasons | |
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National championship seasons in bold |