Year: | 1984 |
Team: | Boston College Eagles |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Independent |
Coachrank: | 4 |
Aprank: | 5 |
Record: | 10–2 |
Head Coach: | Jack Bicknell |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Def Coach: | Seymour "Red" Kelin |
Dc Year: | 4th |
Captain: | Mark MacDonald |
Captain2: | David Thomas |
Captain3: | Scott Harrington |
Champion: | Cotton Bowl Classic champion Eastern champion |
Bowl: | Cotton Bowl Classic |
Bowl Result: | W 45–28 vs. Houston |
The 1984 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Doug Flutie gained national attention in 1984 when he quarterbacked the Eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game against the Miami Hurricanes (led by QB Bernie Kosar). The game was nationally televised on CBS the day after Thanksgiving and thus had a huge audience. Miami staged a dramatic drive to take the lead, 45–41, in the closing minute of the game. Boston College then took possession at its own 22-yard line with 28 seconds to go. After two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only 6 seconds remained. On the last play of the game, Flutie scrambled away from the defense and threw a Hail Mary pass that was caught in the end zone by senior wide receiver Gerard Phelan, giving BC a 47–45 win. Although many people think that play clinched the Heisman Trophy for Flutie, the voting was already complete before that game.[1]
Boston College finished the season with a 10–2 record and a No. 5 ranking in the final AP Poll. The Eagles defeated the Southwest Conference champion Houston Cougars 45–28 in the 1985 Cotton Bowl. The team also captured the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (emblematic of the 'Eastern championship' in Division I FBS).
Flutie left school as the NCAA's all-time passing yardage leader with 10,579 yards and was a consensus All-American as a senior. He earned Player of the Year awards from UPI, Kodak, The Sporting News, and the Maxwell Football Club.
See also: 1984 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
See also: 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels football team.
See also: Temple Owls football.
See also: 1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
See also: 1984 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team.
See also: 1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.
See also: 1984 Syracuse Orangemen football team.
See main article: Hail Flutie.
See also: 1984 Miami Hurricanes football team.
See also: Holy Cross Crusaders football and Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry.
See also: 1984 Houston Cougars football team and 1985 Cotton Bowl Classic.
See also: 1984 College Football All-America Team.
The following players were claimed in the 1985 NFL draft.[9]
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Wide receiver | 4 | 108 | New England Patriots | |
Guard | 5 | 115 | Minnesota Vikings | |
Quarterback | 11 | 285 | Los Angeles Rams | |
Running back | 11 | 303 | Los Angeles Raiders | |