Conference Independent AP No. 5 Head coach Jack Bicknell | Coaches No. 4 1984 record 10–2 | |
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
(Capacity: 32,000) | ||
The 1984 Boston College Eagles football team represented the Boston College in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.
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The Eagles finished the season with a 9–2–0 record. Doug Flutie gained national attention in 1984 when he quarterbacked the Eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game against the Miami Hurricanes (led by QB Bernie Kosar). The game was nationally televised on CBS the day after Thanksgiving and thus had a huge audience. Miami staged a dramatic drive to take the lead, 45-41, in the closing minute of the game. Boston College then took possession at its own 22-yard line with 28 seconds to go. After two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only 6 seconds remained. On the last play of the game, Flutie scrambled away from the defense and threw a Hail Mary pass that was caught in the end zone by Gerard Phelan, giving BC a 47–45 win. Although many people think that play clinched the Heisman Trophy for Flutie, the voting was already complete before that game.
Flutie left school as the NCAA's all-time passing yardage leader with 10,579 yards and was a consensus All-American as a senior. He earned Player of the Year awards from UPI, Kodak, The Sporting News, and the Maxwell Football Club.
1984 team players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1985 NFL Draft.
Bill Romanowski was also a member of the team and was drafted in 1988.