1942 Boston College Eagles football team
American college football team season
The 1942 Boston College Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Denny Myers, the Eagles compiled an 8–1 record in the regular season, were ranked No. 8 in the final AP poll, and went on to lose to Alabama in the 1943 Orange Bowl. The Eagles captured the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (emblematic of the 'Eastern championship').
Boston College won its first eight games of the season, climbing to No. 1 in the AP Poll. A victory in the final game of the regular season against rival Holy Cross would have likely resulted in a national championship for Boston College. The result, however, was a stunning rout loss, 12–55. The Eagles team canceled their planned post-game celebration at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, which inadvertently saved the team from the Cocoanut Grove fire which killed 492 people that night.
Team co-captain and fullback Mike Holovak was a consensus pick on the 1942 All-America team and finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting.
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