1942 Boston College Eagles football team
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Orange Bowl, L 21–37 vs. Alabama
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| Conference | Independent |
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| AP | No. 8 |
| 1942 record | 8–2 |
| Head coach | Denny Myers (2nd year) |
| Captain | Mike Holovak |
| Captain | Fred Naumetz |
| Home stadium | Fenway Park |
The 1942 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College in the 1942 college football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Denny Myers, and played all of their regular season games at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston College won its first 8 games of the season, climbing to #1 in the AP Poll. All the Eagles needed to do to secure its second national championship in three years, and first ever AP title, was to beat rival Holy Cross (4–4–1) in the final game of the regular season. The result, however, was a stunning rout loss, 12–55. The Eagles team cancelled their planned post-game celebration at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, which inadvertently saved the team from perishing along with 492 others in the Cocoanut Grove fire that occurred that night.
The Eagles received an invitation to play in the Orange Bowl on New Years Day, where they lost to Alabama, 21–37.
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