1940 Boston University Terriers football team

1940 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1940 Boston University Terriers football
1940 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	5–3
Head coach	Pat Hanley (7th season);
Home stadium	Nickerson Field
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

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]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Norwich	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 38–7
October 5	Upsala	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 15–6		^[2]
October 11	at Manhattan	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 6–20	9,233
October 19	Cincinnati	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 14–0		^[3]
November 2	at Western Reserve	League Park Cleveland, OH	L 0–19
November 9	vs. No. 8 Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–21	15,000
November 16	Springfield	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 50–0
November 23	Western Maryland	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 37–0		^[4]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "Boston U. Trounces Upsala Eleven, 15-6". The Morning Call. October 6, 1940. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bob Bohne (October 20, 1940). "Two Boston Touchdowns in Closing Period Defeat U.C." The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 33.
^ "Boston Beats Western Md. by 37-0 Score". The Baltimore Sun. November 24, 1940. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved September 28, 2021.

[2] "Boston U. Trounces Upsala Eleven, 15-6". The Morning Call. October 6, 1940. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Bob Bohne (October 20, 1940). "Two Boston Touchdowns in Closing Period Defeat U.C." The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 33.

[4] "Boston Beats Western Md. by 37-0 Score". The Baltimore Sun. November 24, 1940. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t Boston University Terriers football
Venues	Old Nickerson Field (1928–1938, 1940–1946) Fenway Park (1925–1926, 1936–1939, 1947–1952) Braves Field (1920–1921, 1939, 1953–1954) Nickerson Field (1955–1997)
Bowls & rivalries	Boston College (Green Line Rivalry)
Culture & lore	Rhett the Boston Terrier "Go BU"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
	1885 1888–1890 1898–1903 1906–1916 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

1940 Eastern college football independents records
v t	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
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
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