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1996 Boston College

5–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big East), coached by Dan Henning.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1996, game by game: won at Hawai’i 24–21; lost vs. No. 19 Virginia Tech 7–45; lost at No. 8 Michigan 14–20; won vs. Navy 43–38; lost at No. 19 West Virginia 17–34; won at Cincinnati 24–17; won vs. Rutgers 37–13; lost vs. Syracuse 17–45; lost at Pittsburgh 13–20; lost vs. No. 17 Notre Dame 21–48; won vs. Temple 21–20; lost at No. 25 Miami 26–43+24−38Won 24–21 at Hawai’i+3Hawai’iLost 7–45 vs. No. 19 Virginia Tech-38No. 19 Virginia TechLost 14–20 at No. 8 Michigan-6No. 8 MichiganWon 43–38 vs. Navy+5NavyLost 17–34 at No. 19 West Virginia-17No. 19 West VirginiaWon 24–17 at Cincinnati+7CincinnatiWon 37–13 vs. Rutgers+24RutgersLost 17–45 vs. Syracuse-28SyracuseLost 13–20 at Pittsburgh-7PittsburghLost 21–48 vs. No. 17 Notre Dame-27No. 17 Notre DameWon 21–20 vs. Temple+1TempleLost 26–43 at No. 25 Miami-17No. 25 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atHawai’iW 24–⁠2154%
Sep 14vs19Virginia TechL 7–⁠4536%
Sep 21at8MichiganL 14–⁠2019%
Sep 28vsNavyW 43–⁠3857%
Oct 5at19West VirginiaL 17–⁠3426%
Oct 12atCincinnatiW 24–⁠1742%
Oct 19vsRutgersW 37–⁠1372%
Oct 26vsSyracuseL 17–⁠4541%
Oct 31atPittsburghL 13–⁠2062%
Nov 9vs17Notre DameL 21–⁠4828%
Nov 16vsTempleW 21–⁠2075%
Nov 23at25MiamiL 26–⁠4322%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 43–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big East.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

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 1996.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
264–⁠364
Coach
Dan Henning
Elo
1427 −56 this season
SP+ rating
-4.7 No. 72 of 111; offense No. 65, defense No. 73
SRS
−4.4 No. 70 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Phil Elmassian
Captains
Stalin Colinet, Mark Nori, Daryl Porter and Omari Walker
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 3Stalin Colinet DEMinnesota Vikings
Rd 6Daryl Porter DBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big East

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Omari WalkerRBCoaches-2
  • Dan OriskovichOLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠213
Syracuse6–⁠19–⁠321
Miami6–⁠19–⁠314
West Virginia4–⁠38–⁠4
Pittsburgh3–⁠44–⁠7
Boston College2–⁠55–⁠7
Rutgers1–⁠62–⁠9
Temple0–⁠71–⁠10

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