1940 Boston University Terriers football team

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]

1940 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumNickerson Field
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Providence   –  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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Norwich
W 38–7
October 5Upsala
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 15–6[2]
October 11at Manhattan
L 6–209,233
October 19Cincinnati
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 14–0[3]
November 2at Western Reserve
L 0–19
November 9vs. No. 8 Boston College
L 0–2115,000
November 16Springfield
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 50–0
November 23Western Maryland
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 37–0[4]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  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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