1951 Boston University Terriers football team

1951 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	6–4
Head coach	Aldo Donelli (5th season)
Home stadium	Fenway Park

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	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
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	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] The team was ranked at No. 54 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 25–34	10,000	[3]
September 29		at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 34–40	15,536
October 6		at Louisville	duPont Manual Stadium Louisville, KY	W 39–7	10,000	[4]
October 13	2:00 p.m.	Camp Lejeune	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 16–0	5,900	[5][6][7]
October 19		No. 16 Pacific (CA)	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 27–12
October 27		at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 13–20	10,000	[8]
November 3		NYU	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 52–6	5,000	[9]
November 10		Oregon	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 32–6		[10]
November 17		Wichita	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 39–6	8,442	[11]
November 24		Syracuse	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 19–26	10,148	[12]
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. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "W-M beats Boston, 34–25". The Knoxville Journal. September 23, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Brown, Jimmy (October 6, 1951). "Southpaw Agganis Paces Boston U. To 39-7 Win Over U.L." The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 5, section 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
5. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 13, 1951). "Agganis On Spot Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
6. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 14, 1951). "B. U. Turns Back Camp Lejune, 16-0; Kastan Scores Twice, Gains 95 Yards". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 43. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
7. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 14, 1951). "B. U. (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 44. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Holbrook, Bob (November 11, 1951). "B. U. Routs Oregon, 35-6, Behind Agganis, Kastan". Daily Boston Globe. p. C55.
11. Birtwell, Roger (November 18, 1951). "Agganis and Gastall Lead B. U. Over Wichita, 39 to 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 56. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
12. "Syracuse Grid Team Tests Terriers at Fenway Park". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. November 23, 1951. pp. 4, 15.