The 2019 Boston College Eagles football team represented

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during the

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. The Eagles played their home games at

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and competed in the Atlantic Division of the

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. They were led by seventh-year head coach Steve Addazio until his dismissal on December 1, 2019. For their bowl game, the Eagles were led by interim head coach

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Preseason

Coaching changes

In January 2019, head coach Steve Addazio announced the hiring of

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as the new offensive coordinator, replacing

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, who left to take the head coaching job at

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. Bajakian had spent the previous four years as the quarterbacks coach for the

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Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Boston College was predicted to finish in fifth in the Atlantic Division.

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Schedule

Boston College's 2019 schedule began with their conference home opener against

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on August 31. In non-conference play, the Eagles played home games against

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of the

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and

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of the

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, and road games against

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of the

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and Notre Dame, a football independent. In

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play, they faced the other members of the Atlantic Division as well as Virginia Tech and

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from the Coastal Division.

Game summaries

Virginia Tech

Richmond

Kansas

The Kansas Jayhawks came into the game as a three touchdown underdog, but performances by quarterback Carter Stanley (238 yards passing) and running back

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(121 yards rushing) combined with other efforts to give the Jayhawks their first road win against a "power 5" team in almost 11 years. Boston College scored first and had the lead 10-0 until the Jayhawks scored on six straight possessions. Kansas took the lead 28-24 at the half thanks to an 82 yard run with 40 seconds remaining before the break to set up a 3-yard score just two plays later. Kansas continued to score in the second half but Boston College could not match the effort. The final score was Kansas 48, Boston College 24.

At Rutgers

Wake Forest

At Louisville

NC State

At Clemson

At Syracuse

Florida State

At Notre Dame

At Pittsburgh

Vs. Cincinnati (Birmingham Bowl)

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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