1939 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFenway Park, Braves Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Pat Hanley, the team compiled a 5–3 record and was outscored by a total of 80 to 77.[1]

Boston University was ranked at No. 174 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 72:00 p.m.Franklin & Marshall
W 19–7[3][4]
October 14Western Reserve
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 14–197,000[5]
October 21Upsala
W 13–3[6]
October 27at Western Maryland
W 6–0[7]
November 4Manhattan
L 0–265,000[8]
November 11at Cincinnati
W 13–67,000[9]
November 18vs. Boston College
L 0–1914,000[10]
December 1at Tampa
  • Philips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 12–04,000[11]

References

  1. ^ "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Six B. U. Gridders Making First Start Against F. & M." The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Late Rally Beats F. & M. Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1939. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Boston University". fenwayparkdiaries.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Terriers Play Upsala at Hive". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1939. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Boston University Eleven Defeats Western Maryland By 6-To-0 Score". The Baltimore Sun. October 28, 1939. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Jasper, LIU, Brooklyn Win". New York Daily News. November 5, 1939. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Bob Bohne (November 12, 1939). "Two Sudden Thrusts By Boston U Defeat Bearcats, 13-6". The Cincinnati Enquirer. pp. 33, 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Avanis Sparks Boston College To 19-0 Victory". The Hartford Courant. November 19, 1939. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Spartans Bow Before Boston Terriers, 12-0". The Tampa Times. December 2, 1939. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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