1995 Boston College

4–⁠8 (4–⁠3 Big East), coached by Dan Henning.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1995, game by game: lost vs. No. 12 Ohio State 6–38; won at No. 20 Virginia Tech 20–14; lost vs. No. 11 Michigan 13–23; lost at Michigan State 21–25; won vs. Pittsburgh 17–0; lost vs. West Virginia 19–31; lost vs. Army 7–49; lost at No. 12 Notre Dame 10–20; won at Temple 10–9; lost vs. Miami 14–17; lost at No. 23 Syracuse 29–58; won at Rutgers 41–38+17−42Lost 6–38 vs. No. 12 Ohio State-32No. 12 Ohio StateWon 20–14 at No. 20 Virginia Tech+6No. 20 Virginia TechLost 13–23 vs. No. 11 Michigan-10No. 11 MichiganLost 21–25 at Michigan State-4Michigan StateWon 17–0 vs. Pittsburgh+17PittsburghLost 19–31 vs. West Virginia-12West VirginiaLost 7–49 vs. Army-42ArmyLost 10–20 at No. 12 Notre Dame-10No. 12 Notre DameWon 10–9 at Temple+1TempleLost 14–17 vs. Miami-3MiamiLost 29–58 at No. 23 Syracuse-29No. 23 SyracuseWon 41–38 at Rutgers+3Rutgers
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rutgers 41–⁠38; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big East.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 22

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 1995.

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Big East
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
207–⁠322
Coach
Dan Henning
Elo
1474 −155 this season
SP+ rating
-0.6 No. 62 of 107; offense No. 76, defense No. 52
SRS
0.4 No. 57 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter
Defensive coordinator
Jack Stanton
Captains
Pete Kendall and Tim Morabito
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 1Pete Kendall OTSeattle Seahawks
Rd 4Chris Sullivan DTNew England Patriots

All-Big East

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠210
Miami6–⁠18–⁠320
Syracuse5–⁠29–⁠319
West Virginia4–⁠35–⁠6
Boston College4–⁠34–⁠8
Rutgers2–⁠54–⁠7
Temple1–⁠61–⁠10
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.