Week 2 Media: BC vs. Holy Cross
September 05, 2023 | Football
Official game notes, depth chart, weekly news conference and more ahead of the Eagles' week-two match-up against the Crusaders.
Match-Up: Boston College (0-1, 0-0 ACC) vs. Holy Cross (1-0, 0-0 Patriot)
Date and Time: Saturday, Sept. 9 • Noon ET
Location (Stadium): Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Alumni Stadium)
Television (Stream): ACCNX (ACCNX)
Radio: WEEI 850 AM
GAME NOTES
FIRST-AND-10
» Boston College welcomes Holy Cross back to Alumni Stadium for the 84th all-time meeting between the two sides.
» BC will honor longtime assistant coach Bill McGovern, who passed in May. An All-American player at Holy Cross, he spent 16 seasons across two stints on the BC coaching staff.
» Saturday’s game will be exclusively streamed by ESPN on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) on the ESPN app and WatchESPN.com. Bill Spaulding (play-by-play) and former BC linebacker Mark Herzlich (analyst) are in the booth.
» Coverage on the Boston College Sports Network begins 30 minutes prior to kickoff on WEEI 850 AM. Jon Meterparel (play-by-play) is joined on the call by former BC linebacker Pete Cronan in the booth and quarterback Scott Mutryn on the sideline.
» BC leads the all-time series, 49-31-3. The game marks the first match-up since 2018 and just the second since 1986.
» The series started in 1896 with the Eagles winning games in back-to-back weeks by scores of 6-2 on the road and 8-6 at home.
» Since the NCAA was first subdivided in 1978, the Eagles are 33-3 against Division I-AA or FCS opponents and have won 33 in a row. All three losses came in 1978.
» BC has faced Holy Cross 10 times in that stretch, beginning with a 30-29 loss in 1978. The Eagles have won nine in a row in the series.
» BC is 174-82-12 all-time against New England opponents and 34-4 since 1978, the first year the NCAA was split into I-A and I-AA.
» Eight Eagles combine for 15 appearances on preseason watch lists, led by graduate transfer wide receiver Ryan O’Keefe. He is recognized as a candidate for the Biletnikoff Award, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Hornung Award and the Senior Bowl.
WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCE
PODCAST
The Podcast For Boston
Available on The Varsity App, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher and everywhere else you get your podcasts. Rate, review and subscribe today!
A part of the Boston College Learfield IMG College Sports Network, the official podcast of Boston College Athletics is available everywhere you get podcasts. Weekly football episodes “For The Podcast” are hosted by former Eagles’ quarterback Scott Mutryn and BCEagles.com’s Dan Rubin. Catch “The Pregame” on Fridays hosted by BC women’s lacrosse student-athlete Annabella Hasselbeck.
For The Podcast (FTP) ‘23 Episode 2: A week-one recap and the weekly interview with head coach Jeff Hafley leads Mute and Dan into a conversation with graduate transfer wide receiver Ryan O'Keefe. A preview of this week's game vs. Holy Cross plus hot wing talk highlight the episode.
