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The Eagles finished the season with a 9-2-0 record. Doug Flutie gained national attention in 1984 when he quarterbacked the Eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game against the Miami Hurricanes (led by QB Bernie Kosar). The game was nationally televised on CBS the day after Thanksgiving and thus had a huge audience. Miami staged a dramatic drive to take the lead, 45-41, in the closing minute of the game. Boston College then took possession at its own 22-yard line with 28 seconds to go. After two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only 6 seconds remained. On the last play of the game, Flutie scrambled away from the defense and threw a Hail Mary pass that was caught in the end zone by Gerard Phelan, giving BC a 47-45 win. Although many people think that play clinched the Heisman Trophy for Flutie, the voting was already complete before that game.
Flutie left school as the NCAA’s all-time passing yardage leader with 10,579 yards and was a consensus All-America as a senior. He earned Player of the Year awards from UPI, Kodak, The Sporting News, and the Maxwell Football Club.
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Eagles points | Opponents | Record |
| 1 | September 1, 1984 | Western Carolina | Win | 44 | 24 | 1-0 |
| 2 | September 8, 1984 | @ Alabama | Win | 38 | 31 | 2-0 |
| 3 | September 22, 1984 | North Carolina | Win | 52 | 20 | 3-0 |
| 4 | October 13, 1984 | Temple | Win | 24 | 10 | 4-0 |
| 5 | October 20, 1984 | @ West Virginia | Loss | 20 | 21 | 4-1 |
| 6 | October 27, 1984 | Rutgers | Win | 35 | 23 | 5-1 |
| 7 | November 3, 1984 | @ Penn State | Loss | 30 | 37 | 5-2 |
| 8 | November 10, 1984 | Army | Win | 45 | 31 | 6-2 |
| 9 | November 17, 1984 | Syracuse | Win | 24 | 16 | 7-2 |
| 10 | November 23, 1984 | @ Miami, FL | Win | 47 | 45 | 8-2 |
| 11 | December 1, 1984 | @ Holy Cross | Win | 45 | 10 | 9-2 |
| 12 | January 1, 1985 | vs. Houston | Win | 45 | 28 | 10-2 |
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