Since 1981, a little history trivia when BC has started a season at 4-1 or better.
The rows below show how BC fared in the 6th game.
It also shows the games BC won each year before losing again.
Year (record after 5 games, ranking at time), opponents played (and if ranked) and result
83 (4-1) W Yale, W Penn St, W Army, L Syracuse
84 (4-1,#11) W Rutgers, L Penn St
92 (4-0-1,#20) W Penn St (#9), W Tulane, W Temple, L Notre Dame (#8)
99 (4-1) W Pittsburgh, L Miami (up 28-0 at one point)
01 (4-1) L VT (#6)
04 (4-1) L Pittsburgh
05 (4-1, #18) W Virginia, W WF, L VT (#3)
06 (4-1) W VT (#22), W FSU, W Buffalo, L WF (#22)
07 (5-0,#7) W BowlGreen, W Notre Dame, W VT (#11), L FSU
08 (4-1) W VT (#17), L North Carolina
09 (4-1) L VT
18 (4-1) ? NCSt
BC in 11 completed seasons out of 37:
finished the regular season as a ranked team 8 times
was 11-0 in bowl appearances
advanced to 5-1 or better 8 times
advanced to 6-1 or better 5 times
advanced to 7-1 or better 4 times
was ranked 4 times when playing the sixth game
played ranked opponents in 4 of the games
both teams were ranked in only 1 of the games
How the regular seasons ended, rankings are before post-season in all records below:
83 9-2, #13
84 9-2 #08
92 8-2-1 #16
99 8-3 #25
01 7-4
04 8-3
05 8-3 #19
06 9-3 #23
07 10-2 #12
08 9-3, #18
09 8-4
The rows below show how BC fared in the 6th game.
It also shows the games BC won each year before losing again.
Year (record after 5 games, ranking at time), opponents played (and if ranked) and result
83 (4-1) W Yale, W Penn St, W Army, L Syracuse
84 (4-1,#11) W Rutgers, L Penn St
92 (4-0-1,#20) W Penn St (#9), W Tulane, W Temple, L Notre Dame (#8)
99 (4-1) W Pittsburgh, L Miami (up 28-0 at one point)
01 (4-1) L VT (#6)
04 (4-1) L Pittsburgh
05 (4-1, #18) W Virginia, W WF, L VT (#3)
06 (4-1) W VT (#22), W FSU, W Buffalo, L WF (#22)
07 (5-0,#7) W BowlGreen, W Notre Dame, W VT (#11), L FSU
08 (4-1) W VT (#17), L North Carolina
09 (4-1) L VT
18 (4-1) ? NCSt
BC in 11 completed seasons out of 37:
finished the regular season as a ranked team 8 times
was 11-0 in bowl appearances
advanced to 5-1 or better 8 times
advanced to 6-1 or better 5 times
advanced to 7-1 or better 4 times
was ranked 4 times when playing the sixth game
played ranked opponents in 4 of the games
both teams were ranked in only 1 of the games
How the regular seasons ended, rankings are before post-season in all records below:
83 9-2, #13
84 9-2 #08
92 8-2-1 #16
99 8-3 #25
01 7-4
04 8-3
05 8-3 #19
06 9-3 #23
07 10-2 #12
08 9-3, #18
09 8-4
