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1940 Boston University Terriers football team

1940 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumNickerson Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   11 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Penn   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   3 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Army   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Pat Hanley, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 160 to 73.[1]

Boston University was ranked at No. 88 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Norwich
W 38–7
October 5Upsala
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 15–6[3]
October 11at Manhattan
L 6–209,233[4]
October 19Cincinnati
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 14–0[5]
November 2at Western Reserve
L 0–19
November 9vs. No. 8 Boston College
L 0–2120,000[6]
November 16Springfield
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 50–0
November 23Western Maryland
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 37–0[7]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Boston U. Trounces Upsala Eleven, 15-6". The Morning Call. October 6, 1940. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Joe Trimble (October 12, 1940). "Jaspers Beat Boston In Night Game". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bob Bohne (October 20, 1940). "Two Boston Touchdowns in Closing Period Defeat U.C." The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 33.
  6. ^ "Boston College Defeats Boston U. By 21 To 0". The Sun. November 10, 1940. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Boston Beats Western Md. by 37-0 Score". The Baltimore Sun. November 24, 1940. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Boston_University_Terriers_football_team