1945 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–5
Head coach	Robert McKelvey (first 3 games) Walt Holmer (last 2 games)
Home stadium	Nickerson Field
Seasons ← 1942 1946 →

1945 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia		–		8	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross		–		8	–	2	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn		–		6	–	2	–	0
Yale		–		6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	1	–	1
Harvard		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		5	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		3	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		3	–	4	–	1
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	1
Princeton		–		2	–	3	–	2
NYU		–		3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell		–		2	–	5	–	0
Drexel		–		2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth		–		1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse		–		1	–	6	–	0
Boston University		–		0	–	5	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. The team was lead interim head coach Robert McKelvey until head coach Walt Holmer was discharged from the United States Navy and resumed his coaching duties on November 5, 1945.^[1]^[2] The team compiled a 0–5 record, was shut out in four of five games, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 3.^[3] The season finale against Harvard was so one-sided that head coaches Dick Harlow and Walt Holmer elected to cut 5 minutes from each of the final two quarters.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 20	at Tufts	Medford, MA	L 0–70		^[5]
October 27	Squantum NAS	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 3–21	500	^[6]
November 3	at Rhode Island State	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 0–30		^[7]
November 17	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 0–54	4,000	^[8]
November 24	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–60	6,000	^[9]

References

^ "B. U. to Resume Gridiron Activities". The Boston Globe. September 20, 1945.
^ King, Bill (November 5, 1945). "Braves Have Already Signed New Manager". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
^ "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "Harvard Crushes Boston U., 60 to 0". The New York Times. November 25, 1945.
^ Gerry Moore (October 21, 1945). "Tufts Sets All-Time High for Manly Clubs, Rolling Over B. U., 70 to 0". The Boston Globe. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Nate Levenson (October 28, 1945). "Terriers Bow to Squantum Airmen, 21-3". The Boston Globe. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rhody Rams Batter B. U. Terriers, 33-0, on Kingston Field". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1945. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trojanowski Scores 4 More T.D.'s, Conn. Tops B. U., 54-0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1945. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard Crushes Boston U., 60 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. United Press. November 25, 1945. p. S2.

v t e 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 Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	Rhett the Boston Terrier "Go BU"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898–1903 1904 1905 1906–1916 1917 1918 1919 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