The 2023 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Hafley and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They finished the regular season with a 6–6 record, and were invited to the Wasabi Fenway Bowl, where they defeated SMU, 23–14.
On February 1, Hafley resigned as head coach to become the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. He was subsequently replaced by Bill O'Brien.
The Boston College Eagles football team drew an average home attendance of 36,376 in 2023, the 62nd highest in college football.
Offseason Recruits 2023 recruiting class Boston College signed 18 players in the class of 2023.
Transfer portal Outgoing transfers Boston College lost 13 players to the NCAA transfer portal.
Name Pos. New school Phil Jurkovec QB Pittsburgh Clinton Burton Jr. CB Charlotte Izaiah Henderson DL Maine Jason Maitre S Wisconsin Kivon Wright DE Boise State Kevin Pyne OT Rhode Island Daelen Menard S Bowling Green Josh DeBerry CB Texas A&M Finn Dirstine IOL Texas A&M Jaelen Gill WR Fresno State Shawn Battle CB None Christian Curatolo OT Lehigh Steve Lubischer CB Bowling Green
Incoming transfers Boston College received 10 players from the college football transfer portal.
Name Pos. Previous school George Rooks DT Michigan Kye Robichaux RB Western Kentucky Ryan O'Keefe WR UCF Logan Taylor OT Virginia Victor Nelson Jr. S LIU Alex Washington CB Harvard Khari Johnson CB Arkansas Kyle Hergel OG Texas State Michael Wright LS Penn State Thomas Castellanos QB UCF
Schedule Boston College and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004 that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Boston College with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice in an (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Eagles three set conference opponents for the next four years was; Miami (FL), Pittsburgh, and Syracuse, though this annual opponent structure was abandoned after just one season due to conference expansion.
Personnel Coaching staff Jeff Hafley – Head coach Rob Chudzinski – Associate head coach (offense) Steve Shimko – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Sean Duggan – Co-Defensive coordinator/Linebackers coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim – Co-Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach Matt Thurin – Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties Vince Oghobaase – Defensive Line Paul Rhoads – Outside Linebackers Ryan McCarthy – Special assistant to the head coach Matt Applebaum – Offensive line coach
Game summaries
vs Northern Illinois
vs No. 5 (FCS) Holy Cross
vs No. 3 Florida State
at Louisville
vs Virginia
at Army
at Georgia Tech
vs UConn
at Syracuse
vs Virginia Tech
at Pittsburgh
vs Miami (FL)
vs SMU (Fenway Bowl)
Players drafted into the NFL
3 90 Elijah Jones CB Arizona Cardinals 6 210 Christian Mahogany OG Detroit Lions
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