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2016 Boston College Eagles football team

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Division
  
Atlantic Division

Defensive coordinator
  
Jim Reid (1st year)

2016 record
  
7–6 (2–6 ACC)

Conference
  
Atlantic Coast Conference

Head coach
  
Steve Addazio (4th year)

Offensive coordinator
  
Scot Loeffler (1st year)

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.

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Previous Season

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.

Off-Season Coaching Changes

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.

On the offensive side of the ball Addazio hired former Virginia Tech Offensive Coordinator Scot Loeffler to take over the same position for the Eagles, replacing Fitch.

Off-season Personnel Losses

The defense lost three key contributors from the dominant 2015 team, with the graduation of Steven Daniels, Justin Simmons and Connor Wujciak. The offense lost full back/tight end Louis Addazio.

Off-season Personnel Additions

Former Kentucky Wildcat starting quarterback, Patrick Towles transferred to Boston College as a graduate student, to compete with former sophomore starter Darius Wade, whose 2015 season was cut short by injury.

2016 Recruiting Class

Coming off a disappointing 2015 football season, Steve Addazio and the Eagles managed the 74th ranked recruiting class in the nation, ranked last in the ACC by the recruiting services.

Preseason Expectations

The 2016 Boston College Eagles football team entered the season with no votes in the Preseason AP Top 25 Poll. During the ACC Media Days, the ACC Sportswriters predicted Boston College to finish fifth in the Atlantic Division. College Football News predicted a 6–6 (2–6) season, good for sixth place finish in the Atlantic Division. Athlon Sports likewise predicted the Eagles to finish sixth in the Atlantic. ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) predicted Boston College to finish with 5.7–6.3 wins.

Schedule

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References

2016 Boston College Eagles football team Wikipedia