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American college football season
The 2017 Boston College Eagles football team represented
Boston College during the
2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at
Alumni Stadium in
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and competed in the Atlantic Division of the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They were led by fifth-year head coach
Steve Addazio. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to place in a three-way tie for third in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the
Pinstripe Bowl, where they lost to
Iowa.
Schedule
Boston College announced its 2017 football schedule on January 24, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Eagles hosted ACC foes
Florida State,
NC State,
Virginia Tech, and
Wake Forest, and traveled to
Clemson,
Louisville,
Syracuse, and
Virginia.
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The Eagles hosted two of the four non-conference opponents,
Central Michigan from the
Mid-American Conference (MAC),
Notre Dame, an independent, and traveled to
Northern Illinois who is also from the MAC. Boston College met
UConn from the
American Athletic Conference at
Fenway Park in late November.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 9:30 p.m. | at
Northern Illinois* | |
CBSSN | W 23–20 | 16,421 |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. |
Wake Forest | |
ACCN Extra | L 10–34 | 38,082 |
September 16 | 3:30 p.m. |
Notre Dame* | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA (
Holy War)
|
ESPN | L 20–49 | 44,500 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2
Clemson | | ESPN2 | L 7–34 | 80,525 |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. |
Central Michigan* | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| ESPN app | W 28–8 | 27,036 |
October 7 | 7:15 p.m. | No. 16
Virginia Tech | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA (
rivalry)
| ESPN2 | L 10–23 | 32,057 |
October 14 | 12:20 p.m. | at
Louisville | |
ACCN | W 45–42 | 44,679 |
October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at
Virginia | | ESPN app | W 41–10 | 39,216 |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Florida State | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
| ESPN | W 35–3 | 40,629 |
November 11 | 12:00 p.m. |
NC State | - Alumni Stadium
- Chestnut Hill, MA
|
ABC/ESPN2 | L 14–17 | 33,242 |
November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | vs.
UConn* | | CBSSN | W 39–16 | 20,133 |
November 25 | 12:20 p.m. | at
Syracuse | | ACCN | W 42–14 | 30,202 |
December 27 | 5:15 p.m. | vs.
Iowa* | |
ESPN | L 20–27 | 37,667 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Eastern time
|
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Game summaries
At Northern Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
3
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
23 |
Huskies
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
20 |
Wake Forest
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Demon Deacons
|
7
|
14
|
10
|
3 |
34 |
Eagles
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Notre Dame
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fighting Irish
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
21 |
49 |
Eagles
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
7 |
20 |
At Clemson
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
Tigers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
27 |
34 |
Central Michigan
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Chippewas
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
0 |
8 |
Eagles
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
28 |
Virginia Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hokies
|
7
|
10
|
3
|
3 |
23 |
Eagles
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
At Louisville
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
17 |
45 |
Cardinals
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
21 |
42 |
At Virginia
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
17
|
7
|
10
|
7 |
41 |
Cavaliers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
Florida State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Seminoles
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
Eagles
|
7
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
35 |
NC State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wolfpack
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
Eagles
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
vs UConn
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
13 |
16 |
Eagles
|
0
|
14
|
19
|
6 |
39 |
At Syracuse
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
42 |
Orange
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
vs Iowa–Pinstripe Bowl
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hawkeyes
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
10 |
27 |
Eagles
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
3 |
20 |
2018 NFL Draft
References
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Venues |
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South End Grounds (1893–1899, 1902)
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American League Baseball Grounds (1901)
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Alumni Field (1915–1921, 1923, 1932–1941, 1943–1945, 1955)
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Fenway Park (1914–1917, 1919–1920, 1927–1931, 1936–1945, 1953–1956)
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Braves Field (1918–1927, 1944, 1946–1952)
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Alumni Stadium (1957–present)
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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 |