1949 Boston University Terriers football team

The 1949 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 250 to 108.[1]

1949 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFenway Park
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Vincent   –  10 –0 –0
No. 4 Army   –  9 –0 –0
Trinity (CT)   –  8 –0 –0
Brown   –  8 –1 –0
No. 12 Cornell   –  8 –1 –0
No. 13 Villanova   –  8 –1 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –  6 –2 –0
Buffalo   –  6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –  6 –3 –0
Princeton   –  6 –3 –0
Fordham   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  5 –3 –1
Penn State   –  5 –4 –0
Temple   –  5 –4 –0
Penn   –  4 –4 –0
Yale   –  4 –4 –0
Boston College   –  4 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  4 –5 –0
Drexel   –  3 –3 –1
Duquesne   –  3 –6 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  2 –5 –2
CCNY   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  3 –6 –0
Columbia   –  2 –7 –0
Hofstra   –  1 –5 –1
Colgate   –  1 –8 –0
Harvard   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Syracuse
W 33–2125,000
October 8at Colgate
W 40–217,800[2]
October 14West Virginia
W 52–2019,301[3]
October 22NYU
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 38–05,403[4]
October 29Scranton
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 46–64,418[5]
November 5TempleNo. 18
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 28–714,087[6]
November 122:00 p.m.MarylandNo. 15
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 13–1430,263[7][8]
November 19St. Bonaventure
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 0–1916,657[9]

References
  1. "1949 Boston University Terriers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  2. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 9, 1949). "B.U. Smashes Colgate 40-21; Agganis Completes 8 Passes". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Keane, Clif (October 15, 1949). "Agganis Best Donelli Has Had–Cannava Grabs Spotlight". Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. Roberts, Ernie (October 23, 1949). "B.U. Rolls After Ragged Start to Overwhelm N.Y.U., 38-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Frost, Jack (October 30, 1949). "Boston Drubs Tommie, 46 to 6". Scrantonian-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. United Press. p. 37. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Nason, Jerry (November 6, 1949). "B.U. Sputters to Unimpressive Win over Temple, 28-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Nason, Jerry (November 12, 1949). "Terriers Face Biggest Test of Year Against Maryland at Fenway Park". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. Kelley, Joseph B. (November 12, 1949). "Boston University Dumped By Maryland Terps, 14-13". Johnson City Press. Johnson City, Tennessee. Associated Press. p. 29. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "St. Bonaventure Eleven Scores Upset Victory Over Boston University, 19-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. November 20, 1949. p. 6C. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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