1970 Boston University Terriers football team

1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1970 Boston University Terriers football
1970 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
1970 record	5–4
Head coach	Larry Naviaux (2nd season);
Home stadium	Nickerson Field
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In their second season under head coach Larry Naviaux, the Terriers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 199 to 141.^[1]

Guard Bill Soucy received second-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	Colgate	Boston, MA	L 21–26
September 26	at Vermont	Burlington, VT	W 48–6
October 3	Temple	Boston, MA	L 7–10
October 10	at UMass	Amherst, MA	W 13–10
October 17	Holy Cross	Boston, MA	W 33–23
October 24	at Rhode Island	Kingston, RI	W 21–0
October 31	at Connecticut	Storrs, CT	W 34–9
November 7	Rutgers	Boston, MA	L 3–6
November 14	at Delaware	Newark, DE	L 19–51

^ "Boston Yearly Results 1970-1974". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "A.P.'s Little All-American". The Morning News. December 10, 1970. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.

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

1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Tampa		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State		–		10	–	0	–	0
No. 11 Delaware		–		9	–	2	–	0
Hawaii		–		9	–	2	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan		–		7	–	2	–	1
Akron		–		7	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan		–		7	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	3	–	0
Drake		–		7	–	4	–	0
Wayne State (MI)		–		6	–	2	–	0
Arkansas AM&N		–		6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		6	–	3	–	0
Nevada		–		6	–	3	–	1
Portland State		–		6	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		6	–	4	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	4	–	0
Cortland		–		5	–	4	–	0
IUP		–		5	–	4	–	0
La Verne		–		5	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara		–		5	–	4	–	1
Lafayette		–		6	–	5	–	0
Colorado College		–		4	–	4	–	0
Drexel		–		4	–	4	–	0
Hofstra		–		5	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Samford		–		5	–	5	–	0
Sonoma State		–		4	–	4	–	1
Wabash		–		3	–	3	–	2
Saint Mary's		–		3	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		4	–	6	–	0
Rose Poly		–		3	–	5	–	1
Northeastern		–		3	–	5	–	0
Indiana Central		–		3	–	6	–	0
Lake Forest		–		3	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga		–		3	–	8	–	0
Parsons		–		2	–	7	–	0
Eastern Illinois		–		2	–	8	–	0
Milwaukee		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll