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2016 Boston College Eagles football team

2016 Boston College Eagles football
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Quick Lane Bowl champion
Quick Lane Bowl, W 36–30 vs. Maryland
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Atlantic Division
2016 record 7–6 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach Steve Addazio (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Jim Reid (1st year)
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
(Capacity: 44,500)
Seasons
« 2015 2017 »
2016 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#   7 1         14 1  
No. 21 Louisville x   7 1         9 4  
No. 8 Florida State   5 3         10 3  
NC State   3 5         7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5         7 6  
Boston College   2 6         7 6  
Syracuse   2 6         4 8  
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy   6 2         10 4  
North Carolina   5 3         8 5  
No. 20 Miami   5 3         9 4  
Pittsburgh   5 3         8 5  
Georgia Tech   4 4         9 4  
Duke   1 7         4 8  
Virginia   1 7         2 10  
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 30, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Boston College Eagles football team represents Boston College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The, Eagles led by fourth-year head coach Steve Addazio and play their home games at Alumni Stadium. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 2–6 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they defeated Maryland.

The 2015 Boston College Eagles football team finished the season 3–9 overall and 0–8 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. That season was marked by numerous injuries and inexperience at key positions but the result was nonetheless seen as major setback in Steve Addazio’s rebuild of the program, shaking the confidence of many in the Boston College athletics community.

The one clear bright spot of the 2015 Boston College Eagles football team was the defense under 3rd year Defensive Coordinator Don Brown, under whose stewardship the Eagles led the nation in total defense and were top #10 in numerous other defensive categories. But on December 21, 2015 Jim Harbaugh hired away Brown to coach the same position for the Michigan Wolverines. On the other side of the ball Offensive Coordinator Todd Fitch, under whom the Eagles finished 126th in total offense and 122nd in scoring offense, was not retained by Steve Addazio.

Addazio turned to Iowa Hawkeyes Linebackers Coach and former Eagles Defensive Coordinator under Dan Henning, Jim Reid, to take over for Brown as Defensive Coordinator and hired former Syracuse Head Coach Paul Pasqualoni as Defensive Lines Coach. Pasqualoni had coached on the defensive side of the ball in the NFL for the previous few years.


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