# 2017 Boston College Eagles football team

The 2017 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Steve Addazio. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to place in a three-way tie for third in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl, where they lost to Iowa.

## Schedule

Boston College announced its 2017 football schedule on January 24, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Eagles hosted ACC foes Florida State, NC State, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest, and traveled to Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse, and Virginia.
The Eagles hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Central Michigan from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Notre Dame, an independent, and traveled to Northern Illinois who is also from the MAC. Boston College met UConn from the American Athletic Conference at Fenway Park in late November.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 9:30 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL | CBSSN | W 23–20 | 16,421 |
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | ACCN Extra | L 10–34 | 38,082 |
| September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | Notre Dame* | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA (Holy War) | ESPN | L 20–49 | 44,500 |
| September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Clemson | Memorial StadiumClemson, SC (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) | ESPN2 | L 7–34 | 80,525 |
| September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Michigan* | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | ESPN app | W 28–8 | 27,036 |
| October 7 | 7:15 p.m. | No. 16 Virginia Tech | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA (rivalry) | ESPN2 | L 10–23 | 32,057 |
| October 14 | 12:20 p.m. | at Louisville | Papa John's Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ACCN | W 45–42 | 44,679 |
| October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at Virginia | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | ESPN app | W 41–10 | 39,216 |
| October 27 | 8:00 p.m. | Florida State | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | ESPN | W 35–3 | 40,629 |
| November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | NC State | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | ABC/ESPN2 | L 14–17 | 33,242 |
| November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. UConn* | Fenway ParkBoston, MA | CBSSN | W 39–16 | 20,133 |
| November 25 | 12:20 p.m. | at Syracuse | Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY | ACCN | W 42–14 | 30,202 |
| December 27 | 5:15 p.m. | vs. Iowa* | Yankee StadiumBronx, NY (Pinstripe Bowl) | ESPN | L 20–27 | 37,667 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Northern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Huskies | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |

### Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Demon Deacons | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| Eagles | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

### Notre Dame

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fighting Irish | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| Eagles | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 |

### At Clemson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Tigers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 34 |

### Central Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Eagles | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

### Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### At Louisville

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
| Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 42 |

### At Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 17 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| Cavaliers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |

### Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seminoles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Eagles | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |

### NC State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolfpack | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Eagles | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### vs UConn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Eagles | 0 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 39 |

### At Syracuse

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Orange | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### vs Iowa–Pinstripe Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawkeyes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |

## 2018 NFL Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Harold Landry | Tennessee Titans | 2nd | 41 | LB |
| Isaac Yiadom | Denver Broncos | 3rd | 99 | CB |
| Kamrin Moore | New Orleans Saints | 6th | 189 | CB |