1976 Boston College Eagles football team

The 1976 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Joe Yukica, the Eagles compiled a record of 8–3. Boston College opened the year with an upset win over No. 7 Texas, but accumulated three losses to unranked teams and failed to be invited to a bowl game.^[2] The team played home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

1976 Boston College Eagles football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Joe Yukica (9th season)
Captain	Peter Cronan
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

1976 NCAA Division I independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					12	–	0	–	0
No. 17 Rutgers			–					11	–	0	–	0
San Diego State			–					10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Notre Dame			–					9	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					8	–	3	–	0
Memphis State			–					7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State *			–					7	–	4	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					7	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina			–					6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					6	–	5	–	0
Army			–					5	–	6	–	0
Florida State			–					5	–	6	–	0
Illinois State			–					5	–	6	–	0
Richmond			–					5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia			–					5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	6	–	1
Temple			–					4	–	6	–	0
Air Force			–					4	–	7	–	0
Dayton			–					4	–	7	–	0
Louisville			–					4	–	7	–	0
Marshall			–					4	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	7	–	0
Indiana State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Hawaii			–					3	–	8	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	8	–	0
Utah State			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana			–					2	–	9	–	0
Southern Miss			–					2	–	9	–	0
Tulane			–					2	–	9	–	0
North Texas State (originally 6–5) was awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	No. 7 Texas		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	W 14–13	30,476	[3]
September 25	at Tulane	No. 18	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 27–3	20,235	[4]
October 2	at Navy	No. 15	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 17–13	16,156
October 9	Florida State	No. 13	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 9–28	22,866
October 16	West Virginia		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	W 14–3	23,501	[5]
October 23	at Army		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 27–10	32,008
October 30	at Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 3–22	8,200
November 6	at Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 6–13	14,766
November 13	Syracuse		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	W 28–14	25,433
November 20	at UMass		Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	W 35–0	13,300	[6]
November 27	Holy Cross		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	W 59–6	25,988	[7]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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