1984 Boston College Eagles football team

1984
Eastern Champions Cotton Bowl Classic Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic, W, 45–28 vs. Houston
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	#4
AP	#5
1984 record	10-2-0
Head coach	Jack Bicknell

The 1984 Boston College Eagles football team represented the Boston College Eagles in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1 Schedule
2 1984 team players in the NFL
3 Awards and honors
4 References
5 External links

Schedule

The Eagles finished the season with a 9-2-0 record.^[1] 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 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.^[2]

Flutie left school as the NCAA’s all-time passing yardage leader with 10,579 yards and was a consensus All-America as a senior. He earned Player of the Year awards from UPI, Kodak, The Sporting News, and the Maxwell Football Club.

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Eagles points	Opponents	Record
1	September 1, 1984	Western Carolina	Win	44	24	1-0
2	September 8, 1984	@ Alabama	Win	38	31	2-0
3	September 22, 1984	North Carolina	Win	52	20	3-0
4	October 13, 1984	Temple	Win	24	10	4-0
5	October 20, 1984	@ West Virginia	Loss	20	21	4-1
6	October 27, 1984	Rutgers	Win	35	23	5-1
7	November 3, 1984	@ Penn State	Loss	30	37	5-2
8	November 10, 1984	Army	Win	45	31	6-2
9	November 17, 1984	Syracuse	Win	24	16	7-2
10	November 23, 1984	@ Miami, FL	Win	47	45	8-2
11	December 1, 1984	@ Holy Cross	Win	45	10	9-2
12	January 1, 1985	vs. Houston	Win	45	28	10-2

1984 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1985 NFL Draft.^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Gerard Phelan	Wide Receiver	4	108	New England Patriots
Mark MacDonald	Guard	5	115	Minnesota Vikings
Doug Flutie	Quarterback	11	285	Los Angeles Rams
Steve Strachan	Running Back	11	303	Los Angeles Raiders

Bill Romanowski was also a member of the team and was drafted in 1988.

Awards and honors

Doug Flutie, QB, Heisman Trophy^[4]
Doug Flutie, QB, Walter Camp Award^[5]
Doug Flutie, QB, Maxwell Award
Doug Flutie, QB, Davey O'Brien Award

References

External links

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Venues	Braves Field (1920–1930, 1944, 1946–1952, alternate) Fenway Park (1929–1930, 1936–1945, 1953–1956, alternate) Alumni Stadium (1957–present) Foxboro Stadium (alternate)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) Notre Dame: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Syracuse UMass Virginia Tech

Culture & lore	Baldwin the Eagle "For Boston" Boston College Marching Band Scanlan Award Hail Flutie

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks

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1984 Boston College Eagles football team