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The 1967 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by Jim Miller in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Eagles compiled a record of 4–6 for the second consecutive year.
The 1967 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 3–12–1 record after Joe Kapp, Willie Fleming, Tom Hinton, Pat Claridge, Jim Carphin and Dick Fouts left the team following the conclusion of the 1966 season.
Although it was a season to forget, rookies Tom Hinton and Sonny Homer showed promising signs of being future football stars. Capozzi improved the team for the 1959 season , first by hiring Wayne Robinson , from Winnipeg, as the new head coach, then bringing in a corps of veteran players to add more experience to the team.
Boston College has had 8 members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, [10] and two inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Art Donovan and Ernie Stautner. [11] Boston College is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Notre Dame.
The 1967 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Warren Schmakel , the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 151 to 114.
The 1966 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 5–11 record continuing to regress as their star players were in the twilights of their careers. The Lions lost many close games, including five by one or two points. Placekicker Bill Mitchell kicked a woeful 11 for 25 field goal attempts.
The 1968 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 4–11–1 record and continued to have an inept offense. The Lions scored just 16 touchdowns all season. Finding the long-term replacement for Joe Kapp was difficult, and at one point, assistant coach Jackie Parker , a CFL legend who had retired in 1965, donned the ...
The 1966 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Jim Miller, the Eagles compiled a record of 4–6. Boston College played home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.