1899 Boston College

2–⁠1, coached by John Dunlop. The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠1–⁠1, over 10 games to the three on file here.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1899, game by game: won at MIT 24–0; lost at Brown 0–18; won vs. Holy Cross 17–0+24−18Won 24–0 at MIT+24MITLost 0–18 at Brown-18BrownWon 17–0 vs. Holy Cross+17Holy Cross
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 14atMITW 24–⁠056%
Nov 18atBrownL 0–⁠1828%
Nov 30vsHoly CrossW 17–⁠061%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Holy Cross 17–⁠0.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists six games of Boston College’s 1899 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 27atExeter AcademyschoolW 2–⁠0Boston College’s article
Sep 30atBatesT 0–⁠0Boston College’s article
Oct 21atNew HampshireW 6–⁠0Boston College’s article
Oct 25atAndover AcademyschoolW 6–⁠0Boston College’s article
Oct 28atAmherstW 18–⁠0Boston College’s articleOur records have Amherst playing MIT on October 28.
Nov 4vsAll-CollegeW 6–⁠0Boston College’s article
Record
2–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
41–⁠18
Coach
John Dunlop
Elo
1445 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Kelley and Charlie Kiley