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1983 Boston College Eagles football team

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1983Boston College Eagles football
Eastern champion
Liberty Bowl, L 18–19 vs.Notre Dame
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
Record	9–3
Head coach	Jack Bicknell (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Seymour "Red" Kelin (3rd season)
Captains	Bob Biestek Brian Brennan Steve DeOssie
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium Sullivan Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Major eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Penn State	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
No. 16 West Virginia	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Pittsburgh	2	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 19 Boston College $	3	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Syracuse	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Temple	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rutgers	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ –Lambert Trophy Winner Rankings fromAP Poll

1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Boston College		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 16 West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 East Carolina		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Florida State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Cincinnati			–			4	–	6	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings fromAP Poll

The1983 Boston College Eagles football team representedBoston College as anindependent during the1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coachJack Bicknell, and played their home games atAlumni Stadium inChestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Sullivan Stadium (later known asFoxboro Stadium) inFoxborough, Massachusetts. Junior quarterbackDoug Flutie threw for over 2,700 yards and finished third in theHeisman Trophy voting, leading Boston College to their first ranked finish in 41 years. They met theirrivals,Notre Dame, in the1983 Liberty Bowl.

Boston College finished the season ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll, and captured theLambert-Meadowlands Trophy (emblematic of the 'Eastern championship' in Division I FBS).

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	Morgan State		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 45–12	31,300	^[1]
September 10	Clemson		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)		W 31–16	32,000–32,500	^[2]^[3]
September 17	atRutgers		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ		W 42–22	23,561	^[4]
September 24	No. 12West Virginia	No. 19	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	L 17–27	32,000	^[5]
October 1	atTemple		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 18–15	7,033	^[6]
October 8	atYale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		W 42–7	31,108	^[7]
October 29	Penn State	No. 19	Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA	ABC	W 27–17	56,605	^[8]
November 5	atArmy	No. 16	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 34–14	40,749	^[9]
November 12	atSyracuse	No. 13	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY		L 10–21	41,225	^[10]
November 19	vs.Holy Cross	No. 18	Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA (rivalry)	ABC	W 47–7	38,512	^[11]
November 25	No. 13Alabama	No. 15	Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA	CBS	W 20–13	58,047	^[12]
December 29	vs.Notre Dame	No. 13	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl,Holy War)		L 18–19	47,071	^[13]
Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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1983 Boston College Eagles football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`13`	Brian Brennan	Sr
RB	`32`	Jim Browne	Jr
QB	`22`	Doug Flutie	Jr
OL	`79`	Mark MacDonald	Jr
WR	`20`	Gerard Phelan	Jr
RB	`23`	Troy Stradford	Fr
WR	`3`	Chris Tripucka	Jr
C		Darren Twombly	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
NG	`68`	Mike Ruth	So
LB	`81`	Andy Hemmer	So
DB	`17`	Tony Thurman	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Jack Bicknell

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Tom Coughlin –Quarterbacks

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

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References

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^"Boston College trashes Bears".The State. September 4, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Stradford carries BC past Clemson".The Hartford Courant. September 11, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Clemson Football Media Guide - 1984".Clemson University. 1984. p. 0. RetrievedNovember 10, 2023.
^"BC wallops Rutgers, 42–22".Staten Island Advance. September 18, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"W. Va. Mountaineers blitz Boston College".The Daily Advertiser. September 25, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Flutie 'pitches in' as Boston College turns back Temple".Courier-Post. October 2, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Thomsen, Ian (October 9, 1983)."BC Scores Early and Often".Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 51 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"The surgeon; BC's Flutie operates on Penn State, 27–17".The Day. October 30, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"No. 16 BC rips Army, 34–14".The Reporter Dispatch. November 6, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Syracuse derails BC, 21–10".Boston Sunday Globe. November 13, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^May, Peter (November 20, 1983)."BC Pounds Holy Cross, Expects New Bowl Foe".The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D16 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Turnovers turn back Tide; BC finishes with 9–2 record".The Boston Globe. November 26, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 19, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Irish stew Eagles in B-r-r-r Bowl".The Commercial Appeal. December 30, 1983. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2025 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"1983 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results".Sports-Reference.com. RetrievedMay 12, 2017.

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