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2023 Boston College Eagles football team

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.

Incoming transfers

Boston College received 10 players from the college football transfer portal.

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

Game summaries

vs Northern Illinois

vs No. 5 <small>(FCS)</small> 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

References