Football Ephemera
BC-Holy Cross score card, 1915
Alumni Field dedication program and scorecard, October 30, 1915, Box 1, Boston College Athletic Programs, BC1997-06
BC-Holy Cross game ticket, 1915
Alumni Field dedication ticket, October 30, 1915, Box 1, Boston College Athletic Programs, BC1997-06
Alumni Day program, with proposed facilities, 1957
Illustration from the scorecard and season schedule for Amuni Day, 1957, Box 8, Boston College Athletic Programs, BC1997-06
Heisman Award Press Pass, 1984
Heisman Award Press Conference Pass n.384, December 1, 1984, Box 4, Folder 2, Doug Flutie collection, BC2003-09
Craven drive chart
Boston College vs. Holy Cross, Football Drive Chart, December 2, 1916. Box 1, Folder 2, Thomas D. Craven papers, BC2004-121. Thomas Craven ‘17, played football for 3 years and managed the team in his senior year. Craven’s papers also include his diary, which tells of his college days and subsequent experience as a soldier in WWI.
Ronald Reagan letter, 1985
Letter of congratulations from President Ronald Reagan, February 5, 1985, Boston College Varsity Club Records, BC2005-011
Maurice Dullea Fenway park pass, 1954
Fenway Park season pass, 1954, Maurice Dullea Papers, BC2005-109. Maurice Dullea, SJ, played football as a student and was captain of the team in his senior year (1916). He became a Jesuit, and returned to Boston College as Faculty Director of Athletics in 1940.
Maurice Dullea Fenway park pass, 1954
Fenway Park season pass, 1957, Maurice Dullea Papers, BC2005-109. Maurice Dullea, SJ, played football as a student and was captain of the team in his senior year (1916). He became a Jesuit, and returned to Boston College oas Faculty Director of Athletics in 1940.
Photograph of the team on Alumni Field, 1915
Team photograph, 1915, Box 8, Boston College athletic photographs, BC1986-19. Rear: James Duffy, Henry “Babe” Tonry, Francis McKenna, James Regan Front: John Kirk, Charles Brady, Maurice Dullea, Stephen Fitzgerald, James Rooney, D. Leo Daley, Charles Fitzgerald
Heights cartoon-Urban with bulldog
From The Heights, a cartoon celebrating Captain Louis “Luke” Urban and the Eagles’ defeat of the Yale Bulldogs in New Haven, October 16, 1920.
Sub Turri, 1913
Sub Turri, Boston College’s yearbook began publication in 1913, the year the school moved to “The Heights” from its original location in Boston’s South End neighborhood. In English, the yearbook’s title is Under the Tower.
Photograph of Lowney scoring
John “Scrapper” Lowney, scoring Boston College’s first touchdown vs. Holy Cross at Fenway Park, Boston, December 2, 1916, Box 8, Boston College athletic photographs, BC1986-19
Souvenir Beer Mug
Tangerine Bowl souvenir beer mug, 1987, BC1991-017
Souvenir Beer Mug
Liberty Bowl souvenir beer mug, 1983, BC1991-017
Souvenir Beer Mug
Cotton Bowl souvenir beer mug, 1985, BC1991-017
Football
Football from the Boston College vs. Holy Cross game at Fenway Park, 2 December 1916, BC1989-059
Pinback Buttons
Pinback buttons, 1992 and undated, BC2001-032 and BC2014-047
Goal Post Fragment
BC vs. Holy Cross, Braves Field, Boston, 30 November, 1929, BC2004-031
Goal Post Fragment
BC vs. Detroit, Fenway Park, Boston, 12 October 1938, BC1990-036
Goal Post Fragment
BC vs. Auburn, Fenway Park, Boston, 4 November 1939, BC1990-036
Goal Post Fragment
BC vs. Holy Cross, Fenway Park, Boston, 2 December 1939, BC1990-036
