Frank Carney was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. He served as the fourth head football coach at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

, coaching one season in 1896 and compiling a record of 5–2. His five wins included two victories over Holy Cross and a season finale defeat of cross-town rival

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

.College Football Data Warehouse
Boston College 1896 season results Carney played for Boston College in 1894 and 1895. His hometown was

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Head coaching record

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