Flashback Friday: BC’s last trip to Amherst in 1982

Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesFor Flashback Friday, I was trying to find some highlights of BC football’s last trip to UMass-Amherst - a 34-21 win over the Minutemen on November 6, 1982.

I was unable to find game highlights, but I did find something cooler: video of the BC Marching Band’s halftime show from that game. Apparently the Screaming Eagles performed on the field at halftime at UMass. I guess 1982 was a kinder, gentler time in Amherst, as I have my doubts as to whether a halftime show on the field at UMass would be advisable today.

The show is capped off with a rendition of For Boston at the 5:47 mark.

As for the game itself, BC’s 34-21 win improved the…