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1995 Boston College Eagles football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1995

| team = Boston College Eagles

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big East Conference

| short_conf = Big East

| record = 4–8

| conf_record = 4–3

| head_coach = Dan Henning

| hc_year = 2nd

| off_coach = Dirk Koetter

| oc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme = Pro-style

| def_coach = Jack Stanton

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme = 4–3

| captain = Pete Kendall

| captain2 = Tim Morabito[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Records-mg-09-10.pdf 2009-10 Boston College Record Book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115617/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Records-mg-09-10.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} pg. 114

| stadium = Alumni Stadium

}}

{{1995 Big East Conference football standings}}

The 1995 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Dan Henning and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Despite high preseason expectations, Boston College finished with a disappointing overall record of 4–8 (4–3 Big East), tied for 4th in the Big East Conference.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1995

| poll = AP

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|August 27|Sunday}}

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| rank = 22

| opponent = Ohio State

| opprank = 12

| site_stadium = Giants Stadium

| site_cityst = East Rutherford, NJ

| gamename = Kickoff Classic

| score = 6–38

| attend = 62,711

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 7|Thursday}}

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Virginia Tech

| opprank = 20

| site_stadium = Lane Stadium

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 20–14

| attend = 44,426

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-hartsell-lifts-eagles/140599438/|work=The Tampa Tribune|title=Hartsell lifts Eagles over Hokies|date=September 8, 1995|accessdate=February 9, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 16

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Michigan

| opprank = 11

| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium

| site_cityst = Chestnut Hill, MA

| score = 13–23

| attend = 44,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Michigan State

| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium

| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI

| score = 21–25

| attend = 72,981

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| w/l = w

| opponent = Pittsburgh

| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium

| site_cityst = Chestnut Hill, MA

| score = 17–0

| attend = 44,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| w/l = l

| opponent = West Virginia

| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium

| site_cityst = Chestnut Hill, MA

| score = 19–31

| attend = 44,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Army

| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium

| site_cityst = Chestnut Hill, MA

| score = 7–49

| attend = 44,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Notre Dame

| opprank = 12

| site_stadium = Notre Dame Stadium

| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN

| gamename = Holy War

| tv = NBC

| score = 10–20

| attend = 59,075

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Temple

| site_stadium = Veterans Stadium

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 10–9

| attend = 5,182

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| w/l = l

| opponent = Miami (FL)

| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium

| site_cityst = Chestnut Hill, MA

| score = 14–17

| attend = 44,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Syracuse

| opprank = 23

| site_stadium = Carrier Dome

| site_cityst = Syracuse, NY

| score = 29–58

| attend = 49,384

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|November 24|Friday}}

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Rutgers

| site_stadium = Rutgers Stadium

| site_cityst = Piscataway, NJ

| score = 41–38

| attend = 20,114

}}

}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/boston-college/1995-schedule.html |title=1995 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results |work=Sports-Reference.com |access-date=May 11, 2017}}

Roster

{{American football roster/Header

| year = 1995

| team = Boston College Eagles

| teamcolors = f

| offensive_players =

{{American football roster/Player|num=83|class=So|first=Scott|last=Dragos|pos=TE|link=y}}

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{{American football roster/Player|num=66|class=Sr|first=Pete|last=Kendall|pos=G|link=y}}

| defensive_players=

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{{American football roster/Player|num=44|class=Jr|first=Daryl|last=Porter|pos=DB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=93|class=Sr|first=Chris|last=Sullivan|dab=Chris Sullivan (American football)|pos=DT|link=y}}

| special_teams_players=

}}

{{American football roster/Footer

| head_coach = *Dan Henning

| asst_coach =

| accessdate=

}}

Game summaries

=Ohio State=

{{see also|1995 Ohio State Buckeyes football team}}

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|date=August 27, 1995

|time=3:30 p.m.

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|R1= 7|R2=14 |R3=10 |R4=7

|home=Boston College

|H1=0 |H2=3 |H3=3 |H4=0

|stadium=Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

|attendance=62,711

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First quarter

  • OSU - Eddie George 12-yard run (Josh Jackson kick) 7:34

Second quarter

  • BC - McGuire 24-yard field goal 11:35
  • OSU - Shawn Springs 97-yard kickoff return (Josh Jackson kick) 11:21
  • OSU - Rickey Dudley 12-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick) 0:37

Third quarter

  • OSU - Josh Jackson 23-yard field goal 7:25
  • BC - McGuire 50-yard field goal 4:51
  • OSU - Eddie George 9-yard run (Josh Jackson kick) 2:13

Fourth quarter

|stats=

;Top Passers

;Top Rushers

  • BC - Justice Smith - 24 rushes, 123 yards
  • OSU - Eddie George - 17 rushes, 99 yards, 2 TDs

;Top Receivers

  • OSU - Terry Glenn - 3 receptions, 105 yards
  • BC - Kenyatta Watson - 6 receptions, 73 yards

;Top Tacklers

  • BC - Terence Wiggins - 10 (8 solo, 2 assisted)
  • OSU - Luke Fickell - 8 (5 solo, 3 assisted)

;Interceptions

  • OSU - 3 - Shawn Springs (1), Roedell Dupree (1), Che Bryant (1)

}}

=Virginia Tech=

{{see also|1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Boston College-Virginia Tech football rivalry}}

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|date=September 7, 1995

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|R1=7|R2=7|R3=6 |R4=0

|home=Virginia Tech

|H1=0|H2= 7|H3= 0|H4=7

|stadium=Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia

|attendance=44,426

|weather=

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|TV=

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|reference=[https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95250/95250323.htm Box score]

|scoring=

First quarter

  • BC - Pollack 11 pass from Hartsell (McGuire kick)

Second quarter

  • BC - Harding 4 pass from Hartsell (McGuire kick)
  • VT - Still 80 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick)

Third quarter

  • BC - Hemmert 3 pass from Hartsell (kick failed)

Fourth quarter

  • VT - B. Edmonds 1 run (Larsen kick)

|stats=

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=Michigan=

{{see also|1995 Michigan Wolverines football team}}

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|date=October 21, 1995

|time=6:30 p.m. EST

|road=Michigan

|R1= 10|R2= 14|R3=7 |R4=3

|home=Boston College

|H1=3 |H2= 0|H3=7 |H4=7

|stadium=Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

|attendance=44,500

|weather=Warm, {{convert|64|F}}, wind {{convert|22|mph|abbr=on}} SE

|referee=Buddy Ward

|TV=ESPN

|TVAnnouncers=

|reference=[http://websites.umich.edu/~bhlumrec/athdept/fbstats/1995/1995bcoll.pdf Box score and Game recap]

|scoring=

First quarter

  • No scoring

Second quarter

  • BC - Walker 4-yard run (pass failed)
  • MICH - Hamilton 25-yard field goal
  • MICH - Biakabutuka 18-yard run (Hamilton kick)
  • MICH - Hamilton 39-yard field goal

Third quarter

  • MICH - Hamilton 29-yard field goal
  • MICH - Davis 1-yard run (Hamilton kick)

Fourth quarter

  • BC - Pollack 5-yard pass from Hasselback (McGuire kick)

|stats=

;Top Rushers

  • MICH - Biakabutuka - 32 rushes, 117 yards, 1 TD
  • BC - Smith - 24 rushes, 76 yards

;Top Passers

  • MICH - Dreisbach - 9/21, 177 yards, 1 INT
  • BC - Hartsell - 8/20, 74 yards, 3 INTs

;Top Receivers

  • MICH - Toomer - 4 receptions, 76 yards
  • BC - Grice - 3 receptions, 47 yards

}}

=Michigan State=

{{see also|1995 Michigan State Spartans football team}}

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|date=September 30, 1995

|time=12:00 p.m. EST

|road=Boston College

|R1= 0|R2=15|R3=6 |R4=0

|home=Michigan State

|H1=3 |H2= 6|H3= 13|H4=3

|stadium=Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan

|attendance=72,981

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|reference=[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95273/95273332.htm Box score and Game recap]

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First quarter

  • MSU - FG C Gardner 27

Second quarter

  • BC - Watson 38 run (Mcguire kick)
  • MSU - Muhammad 34 pass from Schultz (kick failed)
  • BC - Harding 4 pass from Hartsell (Hemmert reception for two-point conversion)

Third quarter

  • BC - Hemmert 4 pass from Hartsell (two-point conversion failed)
  • MSU - Chapman 3 pass from Schultz (C Gardner kick)
  • MSU - S Greene 1 run (two-point conversion failed)

Fourth quarter

  • MSU - FG C Gardner 19

|stats=

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=Pitt=

{{see also|1995 Pitt Panthers football team}}

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|road=Pitt

|R1= 0|R2= 0|R3=0 |R4=0

|home=Boston College

|H1=7 |H2= 3|H3=0 |H4=7

|stadium=Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

|attendance=44,500

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First quarter

  • BC - O. Walker 8-yard run (D. McGuire kick)

Second quarter

  • BC - D. McGuire 41-yard field goal

Third quarter

  • No scoring

Fourth quarter

  • BC - M. Cloud 11-yard run (D. McGuire kick)

|stats=

}}

=West Virginia=

{{see also|1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team}}

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|date=October 14, 1995

|time=

|road=West Virginia

|R1= 10|R2= 0|R3=14 |R4=7

|home=Boston College

|H1=0 |H2= 0|H3=6 |H4=13

|stadium=Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

|attendance=44,500

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First quarter

  • WVU - K. Barber 1-yard pass from C. Johnston (B. Baumann kick)
  • WVU - B. Baumann 22-yard field goal

Second quarter

  • No scoring

Third quarter

  • WVU - R. Vanterpool 36-yard pass from C. Johnston (B. Baumann kick)
  • WVU - K. Barber 24-yard run (B. Baumann kick)
  • BC - K. Watson 84-yard punt return (2-pt. conversion failed)

Fourth quarter

  • BC - K. Watson 30-yard pass from T. Pollack (2-pt. conversion failed)
  • WVU - R. Walker 1-yard run (B. Baumann kick)
  • BC - T. Pollack 1-yard pass from M. Hasselbeck (D. McGuire kick)

|stats=

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=Army=

{{see also|1995 Army Cadets football team}}

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|road=Army

|R1= 14|R2= 28|R3=0|R4=7

|home=Boston College

|H1=0 |H2= 0|H3=7 |H4=0

|stadium=Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

|attendance=44,500

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First quarter

  • ARMY - R. Hodge 3-yard run (J. Parker kick)
  • ARMY - J. Conroy 1-yard run (J. Parker kick)

Second quarter

  • ARMY - R. McAda 14-yard run (J. Parker kick)
  • ARMY - R. McAda 25-yard run (J. Parker kick)
  • ARMY - J. Graves 26-yard pass from R. McAda (J. Parker kick)
  • ARMY - R. Hodge 1-yard run (J. Parker kick)

Third quarter

  • BC - M. Hasselbeck 1-yard run (D. McGuire kick)

Fourth quarter

  • ARMY - A. Thompson 4-yard run (J. Parker kick)

|stats=

}}

=Notre Dame=

{{see also|1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team}}

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|title=Boston College Eagles at #12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

|date=October 28, 1995

|time=2:30 p.m. EST

|road=Boston College

|R1=0|R2=7|R3=3|R4=0

|home=Notre Dame

|H1=7|H2=3|H3=7|H4=3

|stadium=Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana

|attendance=59,075

|weather=

|referee=

|TV=NBC

|TVAnnouncers=

|reference=[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95301/95301407.htm Box Score]

|scoring=

First quarter

  • ND - Edwards 17 pass from Powlus (Cengia kick)

Second quarter

  • BC - O. Walker 2 run (McGuire kick)
  • ND - FG Cengia 22

Third quarter

  • ND - Edwards 2 run (Cengia kick)
  • BC - FG McGuire 41

Fourth quarter

  • ND - FG Cengia 26

|stats=

}}

=Temple=

{{see also|1995 Temple Owls football team}}

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|time=

|road=Boston College

|R1=7|R2=0|R3=3|R4=0

|home=Temple

|H1=7|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2

|stadium=Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|attendance=5,182

|weather=

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|reference=[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95308/95308364.htm Box score]

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First quarter

  • BC - O. Walker 5-yard run (D. McGuire kick)
  • TEM - H. Burris 10-yard run (Z. Michalski kick)

Second quarter

  • No scoring

Third quarter

  • BC - D. McGuire 47-yard field goal

Fourth quarter

  • TEM - Safety

|stats=

}}

=Miami (FL)=

{{see also|1995 Miami Hurricanes football team}}

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|date=November 11, 1995

|time=

|road=Miami (FL)

|R1= 7|R2= 0|R3=7 |R4=3

|home=Boston College

|H1=0 |H2= 0|H3=0 |H4=14

|stadium=Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

|attendance=44,500

|weather=

|referee=

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|scoring=

First quarter

  • UM - G. Daphnis 56-yard pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

  • No scoring

Third quarter

  • UM - D. Ferguson 85-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

  • BC - S. Everson 3-yard pass from M. Hartsell (D. McGuire kick)
  • BC - O. Walker 1-yard run (D. McGuire kick)
  • UM - D. Prewitt 24-yard field goal

|stats=

}}

=Syracuse=

{{see also|1995 Syracuse Orangemen football team}}

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|date=November 18, 1995

|time=

|road=Boston College

|R1= 0|R2=15|R3=0|R4=14

|home=Syracuse

|H1=23|H2= 14|H3= 7|H4=14

|stadium=Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

|attendance=49,384

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First quarter

  • SYR - Konrad 2 run (O. Mare kick)
  • SYR - FG O Mare 35
  • SYR - Konrad 20 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick)
  • SYR - Konrad 27 run (kick failed)

Second quarter

  • BC - King 21 pass from Hartsell (Harding reception for two-point conversion)
  • SYR - Harrison 62 punt return (O. Mare kick)
  • BC - Anderson 4 run (McGuire kick)
  • SYR - S Wilson 9 pass from McNabb (O. Mare kick)

Third quarter

  • SYR - R Williams 4 pass from McNabb (O. Mare kick)

Fourth quarter

  • SYR - Thomas 21 run (O. Mare kick)
  • BC - Cloud 6 run (Hemmert reception for two-point conversion)
  • BC - Dragos 1 pass from Hartsell (two-point conversion failed)
  • SYR - Thomas 4 run (O. Mare kick)

|stats=

}}

=Rutgers=

{{see also|1995 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team}}

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|date=November 24, 1995

|time=

|road=Boston College

|R1= 14|R2=7|R3=7 |R4=13

|home=Rutgers

|H1=7 |H2= 17|H3= 7|H4=7

|stadium=Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, New Jersey

|attendance=20,114

|weather=

|referee=

|TV=

|TVAnnouncers=

|reference=[https://scarletknights.com/documents/2017/10/6//1996fb_mediaguide.pdf?id=4152 Box score and Game recap]

|scoring=

First quarter

  • BC - Watson 63 yard punt return (McGuire kick)
  • RUT - Lucas 1 yard run (Mike-Mayer kick)
  • BC - Pollack 11 yard pass from Hartsell (McGuire kick)

Second quarter

  • RUT - Lucas 7 yard run (Mike-Mayer kick)
  • BC - Walker 2 yard run (McGuire kick)
  • RUT - Mike-Mayer 20 yard field goal
  • RUT - Presly 8 yard run (Mike-Mayer kick)

Third quarter

  • BC - Tardio 2 yard pass from Hartsell (McGuire kick)
  • RUT - Presley 6 yard run (Kucowski kick)

Fourth quarter

  • RUT - Battaglia 34 yard pass from Lucas (Kucowski kick)
  • BC - Harding 8 yard pass from Hartsell (pass failed)
  • BC - Pollack 7 yard pass from Hartsell (McGuire kick)

|stats=

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