2019 Boston College Eagles football team


The 2019 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Steve Addazio until his dismissal on December 1, 2019. For their bowl game, the Eagles were led by interim head coach Rich Gunnell.

Preseason

Coaching changes

In January 2019, head coach Steve Addazio announced the hiring of Mike Bajakian as the new offensive coordinator, replacing Scot Loeffler, who left to take the head coaching job at Bowling Green. Bajakian had spent the previous four years as the quarterbacks coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Boston College was predicted to finish in fifth in the Atlantic Division.
Media poll

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released
Maxwell AwardA. J. DillonRBJunior
Doak Walker AwardA. J. DillonRBJunior
Mackey AwardJake BurtTE Senior
Mackey AwardHunter LongTE Sophomore
Rimington TrophyAlec LindstromC Sophomore

Schedule

Boston College's 2019 schedule will begin with their conference home opener against Virginia Tech on August 31. In non-conference play, the Eagles will play home games against Richmond of the Colonial Athletic Association and Kansas of the Big 12 Conference, and road games against Rutgers of the Big Ten Conference and Notre Dame, a football independent. In ACC play, they will face the other members of the Atlantic Division as well as Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh from the Coastal Division.
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Game summaries

Virginia Tech

10–18Nov. 3, 2018W, 31–21

Richmond

4–1Oct. 2, 1971W, 24–0

Kansas

First meetingFirst meetingFirst meeting

The Kansas Jayhawks came into the game as a three touchdown underdog, but performances by quarterback Carter Stanley and running back Pooka Williams Jr. combined with other efforts to give the Jayhawks their first road win against a "power 5" team in almost 11 years.
Boston College scored first and had the lead 10-0 until the Jayhawks scored on six straight possessions. Kansas took the lead 28-24 at the half thanks to an 82 yard run with 40 seconds remaining before the break to set up a 3-yard score just two plays later. Kansas continued to score in the second half but Boston College could not match the effort. The final score was Kansas 48, Boston College 24.

at Rutgers

20–6–1Nov. 6, 2004W, 21–10

Wake Forest

14–11–2Sept. 13, 2018W, 41–34

at Louisville

5–7Oct. 13, 2018W, 38–20

NC State

10–7Oct. 6, 2018L, 23–28

at Clemson

9–18–2Nov. 10, 2018L, 7–27

at Syracuse

21–31Nov. 24, 2018L, 21–42

Florida State

5–12Nov. 17, 2018L, 21–22

at Notre Dame

9–15Sept. 16, 2017L, 20–49

at Pittsburgh

13–17Sept. 5, 2014L, 20–30

vs. Cincinnati (Birmingham Bowl)

4–3Sep. 27, 1997L, 6–24

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
262A. J. DillonRBGreen Bay Packers