1983 Boston College Eagles football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1983 Boston College Eagles football Independent 20 19 9–3 Jack Bicknell 3rd Seymour "Red" Kelin 3rd Bob Biestek Brian Brennan Steve DeOssie Alumni Stadium Sullivan Stadium Eastern champion Liberty Bowl L 18–19 vs. Notre Dame The 1983 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Jack Bicknell, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Sullivan Stadium (later known as Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Junior quarterback Doug Flutie threw for over 2,700 yards and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, leading Boston College to their first ranked finish in 41 years. They met their rivals, Notre Dame, in the 1983 Liberty Bowl. Boston College finished the season ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll, and captured the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (emblematic of the 'Eastern championship' in Division I FBS). Schedule 1983 AP September 3 w 1983 Morgan State Bears Morgan State Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA 45–12 31,300 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-boston-college-trashes-bears/166498938/ The State Boston College trashes Bears September 4, 1983 February 23, 2025 Newspapers.com September 10 w Clemson Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA rivalry 31–16 32,000–32,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-stradford-carries-bc-pa/139861547/ The Hartford Courant Stradford carries BC past Clemson September 11, 1983 January 29, 2024 Newspapers.com Clemson Football Media Guide - 1984 https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/48/ Clemson University 1984 0 November 10, 2023 September 17 w y Rutgers Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ 42–22 23,561 https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance-bc-wallops-rutgers/166499057/ Staten Island Advance BC wallops Rutgers, 42–22 September 18, 1983 February 23, 2025 Newspapers.com September 24 l 19 West Virginia 12 Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA 17–27 ABC 32,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advertiser-w-va-mountaineers/139842095/ The Daily Advertiser W. Va. Mountaineers blitz Boston College September 25, 1983 January 29, 2024 Newspapers.com October 1 w y Temple Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 18–15 7,033 https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-flutie-pitches-in-as-bost/166499200/ Courier-Post Flutie 'pitches in' as Boston College turns back Temple October 2, 1983 February 23, 2025 Newspapers.com October 8 w y Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT 42–7 31,108 BC Scores Early and Often Ian Thomsen October 9, 1983 51 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57043921/1983-yale-bc/ October 29 w 19 Penn State Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA 27–17 ABC 56,605 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-the-surgeon-bcs-flutie-operate/166499326/ The Day The surgeon; BC's Flutie operates on Penn State, 27–17 October 30, 1983 February 23, 2025 Newspapers.com November 5 w y 16 Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY 34–14 40,749 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-dispatch-no-16-bc-rips-arm/166499460/ The Reporter Dispatch No. 16 BC rips Army, 34–14 November 6, 1983 February 23, 2025 Newspapers.com November 12 l y 13 Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 10–21 41,225 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-syracuse-derails-bc-21/166499614/ Boston Sunday Globe Syracuse derails BC, 21–10 November 13, 1983 February 23, 2025 Newspapers.com November 19 w y 18 Holy Cross Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA rivalry ABC 47–7 38,512 BC Pounds Holy Cross, Expects New Bowl Foe Peter May November 20, 1983 D12, D16 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57054276/1983-holy-cross-bc/ November 25 Friday w 15 Alabama 13 Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA CBS 20–13 58,047 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71537201/turnovers-turn-back-tide-bc-finishes/ The Boston Globe Turnovers turn back Tide; BC finishes with 9–2 record November 26, 1983 February 19, 2021 Newspapers.com December 29 Thursday l y 13 Notre Dame Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN Liberty Bowl, Holy War 18–19 47,071 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-nd-1983/161714687/ The Commercial Appeal Irish stew Eagles in B-r-r-r Bowl December 30, 1983 February 23, 2025 Newspapers.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/boston-college/1983-schedule.html 1983 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results Sports-Reference.com May 12, 2017 Roster 1983 Boston College Eagles f 13 Sr Brian Brennan WR y 32 Jr Jim Browne RB y Jim Browne (American football) 22 Jr Doug Flutie QB y 79 Jr Mark MacDonald OL y Mark MacDonald (American football) 20 Jr Gerard Phelan WR y 23 Fr Troy Stradford RB y 3 Jr Chris Tripucka WR y Fr Darren Twombly C y 68 So Mike Ruth NG y 81 So Andy Hemmer LB y 17 Jr Tony Thurman DB y *Jack Bicknell Tom Coughlin – Quarterbacks 2018-11-17 Game summaries No. 12 West Virginia 1983 West Virginia Mountaineers football team No. 13 Alabama 1983 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Vs. 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