Boston College — ACC
HC
Bill O'Brien · Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) · Chestnut Hill, MA · 44,500 cap
PPA off / def
0.16 / 0.23
2025
Class rank
#53
class of 2026
Returning PPA
16%
returning production
| 1995 |
OSU W 38–6 | Columbus |
| 1990 |
OSU W 31–10 | away |
| 1989 |
OSU W 34–29 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | at Cincinnati | tied 4–4 · L2 | Nippert Stadium |
| wk2 | vs Rutgers | leads 20–7–1 | Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) |
| wk3 | vs Maine | leads 6–0 · W6 | Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) |
| wk4 | vs Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech leads 22–11 · L3 | Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) |
| wk5 | at SMU | SMU leads 3–1 · L2 | Gerald J. Ford Stadium |
| wk7 | vs Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh leads 18–16 | Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) |
| wk8 | at Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech leads 8–5 | Bobby Dodd Stadium |
| wk9 | at Duke | leads 5–4 | Wallace Wade Stadium |
| wk10 | vs Florida State | Florida State leads 15–6 | Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) |
| wk11 | at Notre Dame | Notre Dame leads 19–9 · L10 | Notre Dame Stadium |
| wk12 | vs Syracuse | Syracuse leads 34–24 · W3 | Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) |
| wk13 | at Miami | Miami leads 25–6 | Hard Rock Stadium |
2025 results (2–10)
Statistical comps — 2025 Boston College's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (26 in / 30 out)
Origins
Flutie's 48-yard Hail Mary to beat Miami on the day after Thanksgiving in 1984 is the most replayed play in the sport's history, and it won him the Heisman three weeks later.
Founded 1863 · Jesuit college founded to educate the sons of Irish immigrants · first football 1893 · defined by Doug Flutie
All-time record
All-time
554–471–15
1893–2025
Win %
54.0%
115 seasons played
Winning seasons
64
56% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1940 | 11 | 0 | FBS Independents |
| 2007 | 11 | 3 | ACC |
| 1984 | 10 | 2 | FBS Independents |
| 2006 | 10 | 3 | ACC |
| 1971 | 9 | 2 | FBS Independents |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1893 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 325 | 48% |
45% | 42 of 136 | 6.6 | 13% |
| 2nd down | 241 | 37% |
43% | 65 of 136 | 5.5 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 39 | 67% |
62% | — | 2.3 | 0% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 44 | 9% |
36% | — | 4.3 | 9% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 64 | 17% |
22% | — | 5.9 | 14% |
| 4th down | 24 | 29% |
50% | — | 4.5 | 8% |
150 drives · 31% ended in points · 6.9 plays and 38.8 yards per drive · 0.88 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 5 | California |
Turbo Richard 71 Yd Run (Luca Lombardo Kick) |
71 | 5.78 |
| 9 | Louisville |
End of 1st quarter. |
84 | 4.91 |
| 8 | UConn |
Reed Harris 39 Yd pass from Grayson James (Luca Lombardo Kick) |
39 | 4.69 |
| 3 | Stanford |
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Turbo Richard for 49 yds for a TD (Luca Lombardo KICK) |
49 | 4.25 |
| 1 | Fordham |
Grayson James pass complete to Dawson Pough for 52 yds to the FOR 26 for a 1ST down |
52 | 4.21 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech |
(10:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 D.Lonergan pass complete short middle to #4 R.Harris caught a… |
57 | 4.11 |
| 8 | UConn |
Grayson James pass complete to Lewis Bond for 27 yds to the CONN 40 for a 1ST down |
27 | 3.89 |
| 2 | Michigan State |
Dylan Lonergan pass to VJ Wilkins for 56 yds to the MSU 32 for a 1ST down |
56 | 3.86 |