2017 Boston College Eagles football team
American college football season
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Pinstripe Bowl
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Iowa
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Division | Atlantic |
Record | 7–6 (4–4 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Scot Loeffler (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jim Reid (2nd consecutive, 3rd overall season) |
Captain | Jon Baker, Charlie Callinan, Kamrin Moore |
Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (capacity: 44,500) |
Uniform
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Seasons
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||
Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||
No. 4 Clemson xy$^ | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||
No. 23 NC State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||
Boston College | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||
Louisville | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||
Wake Forest | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||
Florida State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||
Syracuse | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||
Coastal Division | ||||||||||||
No. 13 Miami (FL) xy | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||
No. 24 Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||
Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||
North Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
Championship : Clemson 38 , Miami 3 | ||||||||||||
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The 2017 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts , and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Steve Addazio . They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to place in a three-way tie for third in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl , where they lost to Iowa .
Schedule
Boston College announced its 2017 football schedule on January 24, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Eagles hosted ACC foes Florida State , NC State , Virginia Tech , and Wake Forest , and traveled to Clemson , Louisville , Syracuse , and Virginia . [1]
The Eagles hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Central Michigan from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Notre Dame , an independent, and traveled to Northern Illinois who is also from the MAC. Boston College met UConn from the American Athletic Conference at Fenway Park in late November.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 9:30 p.m. | at Northern Illinois * | CBSSN | W 23–20 | 16,421 | |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | ACCN Extra | L 10–34 | 38,082 | |
September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | Notre Dame * |
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ESPN | L 20–49 | 44,500 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Clemson | ESPN2 | L 7–34 | 80,525 | |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Michigan * |
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ESPN app | W 28–8 | 27,036 |
October 7 | 7:15 p.m. |
No.
16
Virginia Tech
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ESPN2 | L 10–23 | 32,057 |
October 14 | 12:20 p.m. | at Louisville | ACCN | W 45–42 | 44,679 | |
October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at Virginia | ESPN app | W 41–10 | 39,216 | |
October 27 | 8:00 p.m. | Florida State |
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ESPN | W 35–3 | 40,629 |
November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | NC State |
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ABC/ESPN2 | L 14–17 | 33,242 |
November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. UConn * | CBSSN | W 39–16 | 20,133 | |
November 25 | 12:20 p.m. | at Syracuse | ACCN | W 42–14 | 30,202 | |
December 27 | 5:15 p.m. | vs. Iowa * | ESPN | L 20–27 | 37,667 | |
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Game summaries
At Northern Illinois
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
Huskies | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Wake Forest
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Demon Deacons | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
Eagles | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Notre Dame
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Fighting Irish | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
Eagles | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
At Clemson
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Tigers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 34 |
Central Michigan
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Chippewas | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Eagles | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Virginia Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
At Louisville
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
At Virginia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 17 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
Cavaliers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Florida State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Seminoles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Eagles | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
NC State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wolfpack | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Eagles | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
vs UConn
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Huskies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
Eagles | 0 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
At Syracuse
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
Orange | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
vs Iowa–Pinstripe Bowl
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hawkeyes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
2018 NFL Draft
Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
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Harold Landry | Tennessee Titans | 2nd | 41 | LB |
Isaac Yiadom | Denver Broncos | 3rd | 99 | CB |
Kamrin Moore | New Orleans Saints | 6th | 189 | CB |
References
- ↑ "2017 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). Boston College Department of Athletics. January 24, 2017 . Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
- ↑ "2017 Boston College Eagles Football Schedule" . FB Schedules . Retrieved February 21, 2017 .