1987 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorSeymour "Red" Kelin (7th season)
Captains
  • Peter Casparriello
  • Dave Nugent
  • Jim Turner
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Sullivan Stadium
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)      12 0 0
No. 4 Syracuse      11 0 1
No. 2 Florida State      11 1 0
No. 15 South Carolina      8 4 0
Pittsburgh      8 4 0
Penn State      8 4 0
No. 17 Notre Dame      8 4 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Rutgers      6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana      6 5 0
Memphis State      5 5 1
Northern Illinois      5 5 1
West Virginia      6 6 0
Tulane      6 6 0
Army      5 6 0
Boston College      5 6 0
East Carolina      5 6 0
Akron      4 7 0
Cincinnati      4 7 0
Louisville      3 7 1
Temple      3 8 0
Tulsa      3 8 0
Virginia Tech      2 9 0
Navy      2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-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.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 5TCUW 38–2030,000
September 12Temple
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 28–727,500
September 19at USCNo. 19L 17–2346,205
September 26No. 15 Penn StateL 17–2750,267
October 3at PittsburghW 13–1046,238
October 10Army
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 29–2431,500
October 17at RutgersL 24–3830,253
October 24West Virginia
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 16–3731,500
October 31No. 13 Tennessee
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 20–1831,800
November 7at No. 9 Notre DameL 25–3259,075
November 14at No. 6 SyracuseL 17–4549,892
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1987 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 24 Darren Flutie Jr
WR 16 Tom Waddle Jr
OT 69 Dave Widell Sr
G 74 Doug Widell Jr
OL 64 Joe Wolf Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 55 John Galvin Sr
LB 53 Bill Romanowski Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "1987 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.


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