1986 Boston College Eagles football
Hall of Fame Bowl champion
Hall of Fame, W 27–24 vs. Georgia
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
Record9–3
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorSeymour "Red" Kelin (6th season)
Captains
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Sullivan Stadium
1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Penn State      12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)      11 1 0
No. 20 Virginia Tech      9 2 1
No. 19 Boston College      9 3 0
Tulsa      7 4 0
Florida State      7 4 1
Army      6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana      6 5 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Temple      6 5 0
Pittsburgh      5 5 1
Rutgers      5 5 1
Cincinnati      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
Syracuse      5 6 0
South Carolina      3 6 2
Tulane      4 7 0
West Virginia      4 7 0
Louisville      3 8 0
Navy      3 8 0
Wichita State      3 8 0
East Carolina      2 9 0
Northern Illinois      2 9 0
Memphis State      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 6RutgersL 9–1130,000
September 13California
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 21–1530,544
September 20No. 5 Penn StateL 14–2642,329
October 4at SMUL 29–3126,432
October 11at MarylandW 30–2545,380
October 18Louisville
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 41–728,105
October 25at West VirginiaW 19–1047,760
November 1at ArmyW 27–2040,315
November 8at TempleW 38–2917,952
November 15Syracuse
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
W 27–932,000
November 22at Holy CrossW 56–2623,271[2]
December 23vs. No. 17 GeorgiaMizlouW 27–2425,368[3]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4]

Roster

1986 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Shawn Halloran Sr
WR 20 Tom Waddle So
OT 69 Dave Widell Jr
G 74 Doug Widell So
OL 64 Joe Wolf So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 97 John Bosa Sr
LB 55 John Galvin Jr
DT 72 Tom Porell Sr
LB 53 Bill Romanowski Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "1986 Hall of Fame Bowl". tampabayfootball.net. Tampa Bay Football History Network. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. "Halloran flings BC by Georgia". Fort Lauderdale News. December 24, 1986. Retrieved November 11, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1986 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.


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