1937 Boston University Terriers football team

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1937 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFenway Park
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Pat Hanley, the team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 143 to 45.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Lehigh
W 33–65,000[2]
October 9Slippery Rock
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 20–05,000[3]
October 16at ClarksonWatertown, NYW 35–0
October 23Western Reserve
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 0–75,000[4]
October 30at Washington University
W 14–125,500[5]
November 6American International
W 28–0[6]
November 11 No. 9 Villanova
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 0–1215,000[7]
November 202:00 p.m.vs. Boston College
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 13–612,000[8]

References

  1. ^ "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "B.U. Turns Back Engineers, 33-6". The Morning Call. October 3, 1937. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Slippery Rock Defeated at Boston, 20-0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. October 10, 1937 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Western Reserve Goes On: Victory No. 28 in a Row Comes Over Boston U., 7 to 0". The Kansas City Star. October 24, 1937. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Robert L. Burnes (October 31, 1937). "Boston U's Second-Half Rally Nips Washington, 14 to 12". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. pp. 1C, 4C – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "B.U.-A.I.C." The Boston Globe. November 6, 1937. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Villanova Cops 12-to-0 Triumph". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 12, 1937. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Moore, Gerry (November 20, 1937). "Eagles Given 10-7 Edge On Terriers". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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