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1946 Boston College

6–⁠3, coached by Denny Myers.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1946, game by game: lost vs. Wake Forest 6–12; won at Michigan State 34–20; won vs. Merchant Marine 56–7; won vs. Villanova 14–12; won at New York University 72–6; won vs. Georgetown 20–13; lost vs. No. 8 Tennessee 13–33; won vs. Alabama 13–7; lost at Holy Cross 6–13+66−20Lost 6–12 vs. Wake Forest-6Wake ForestWon 34–20 at Michigan State+14Michigan StateWon 56–7 vs. Merchant Marine+49Merchant MarineWon 14–12 vs. Villanova+2VillanovaWon 72–6 at New York University+66New York Univer…Won 20–13 vs. Georgetown+7GeorgetownLost 13–33 vs. No. 8 Tennessee-20No. 8 TennesseeWon 13–7 vs. Alabama+6AlabamaLost 6–13 at Holy Cross-7Holy Cross
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsWake ForestL 6–⁠1241%
Oct 5atMichigan StateW 34–⁠2029%
Oct 12vsMerchant MarineW 56–⁠774%
Oct 25vsVillanovaW 14–⁠1249%
Nov 2atNew York UniversityW 72–⁠665%
Nov 9vsGeorgetownW 20–⁠1373%
Nov 16vs8TennesseeL 13–⁠3340%
Nov 23vsAlabamaW 13–⁠739%
Nov 30atHoly CrossL 6–⁠1343%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Holy Cross 13–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 17

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1946.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
234–⁠123
Coach
Denny Myers
Elo
1507 +78 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
5.9 No. 46 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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