As we all know, this coming Saturday the Eagles and Georgia Tech will open the 2016 college football season in Dublin, Ireland. The contest marking another trek overseas for American universities to showcase the pageantry and excitement of the sport. But 28 years ago, the trip across the big pond was a novelty indeed with BC and Army being the answer to the trivia question of which two programs played the first game in Europe, the Eagles riding a stellar relief effort from backup quarterback Mark Kamphaus and three Ed Toner touchdown runs, to a 38-24 win at Landsdowne Road, a rugby pitch, in the inaugural Emerald Isle Classic.
Throwback Thursday: BC 38 Army 24, 1988: Eagles first trip to Ireland a success
