1951 Boston University Terriers football team

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1951 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
1951 record6–4
Head coach
Home stadiumFenway Park
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 299 to 157.[1] Although they finished with four losses (including their final game of the season against an average 5–4 Syracuse team), defeated only one ranked opponent (No. 16 Pacific (CA), which finished 6–5), and defeated no opponents that finished with a winning percentage above .600 other than 7–3 William & Mary, the Terriers still managed to secure a spot on the final AP Poll, just shy of the top 15. This was largely due to two first place votes that were granted to the team, becoming only the second team to receive first place votes in the final poll with a winning percentage of .600 or worse, the first being 5–4–1 Holy Cross in 1942.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at William & Mary
L 25–34
September 29at Penn State
L 34–4015,536
October 6at Louisville
W 39–7
October 132:00 p.m.Camp Lejeune
W 16–05,900[2][3][4]
October 19No. 16 Pacific (CA)
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 27–12
October 27at Temple
L 13–2010,000[5]
November 3NYU
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 52–65,000[6]
November 10Oregon
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 32–6[7]
November 17Wichita
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 39–68,442[8]
November 24Syracuse
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 19–2610,148[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References[]

  1. ^ "1951 Boston University Terriers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 13, 1951). "Agganis On Spot Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Masschusetts. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 14, 1951). "B. U. Turns Back Camp Lejune, 16-0; Kastan Scores Twice, Gains 95 Yards". The Boston Globe. Boston, Masschusetts. p. 43. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 14, 1951). "B. U. (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Masschusetts. p. 44. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ O'Gara, Frank (October 27, 1951). "Temple Tops Boston U. for 5th in Row, 20-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (November 4, 1951). "B.U. Buries N.Y.U., 52-6; Kastan Runs 76, 57 Yards for Scores". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Holbrook, Bob (November 11, 1951). "B. U. Routs Oregon, 35-6, Behind Agganis, Kastan". Daily Boston Globe. p. C55.
  8. ^ Birtwell, Roger (November 18, 1951). "Agganis and Gastall Lead B. U. Over Wichita, 39 to 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Masschusetts. p. 56. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. ^ "Syracuse Grid Team Tests Terriers at Fenway Park". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. November 23, 1951. pp. 4, 15.
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