1951 Boston University Terriers football team

1951 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Boston University Terriers football
1951 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 16
1951 record	6–4
Head coach	Aldo Donelli (5th season);
Home stadium	Old Nickerson Field

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] Although they finished with four losses (including their final game of the season against an average 5–4 Syracuse team), defeated only one ranked opponent (No. 16 Pacific, which finished 6–5), and defeated no opponents that finished with a winning percentage above .600 besides 7–3 William & Mary, the Terriers still managed to secure a spot on the final AP poll, just shy of the top 15. This was largely due to two first place votes that were granted to the team, becoming only the 2nd team to receive first place votes in the final poll with a winning percentage of .600 or worse (the first being 5–4–1 Holy Cross in 1942).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 25–34
September 29	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 34–40
October 6	at Louisville	Parkway Field Louisville, KY	W 39–7
October 13	Camp Lejeune	Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 16–0
October 19	No. 16 Pacific (CA)	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 27–12
October 27	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 13–20
November 3	NYU	Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 52–6
November 10	Oregon	Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 32–6
November 17	Wichita State	Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 39–6
November 24	Syracuse	Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	L 19–26
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

"1951 Boston University Terriers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

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[1] "1951 Boston University Terriers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

Boston University Terriers football
Venues	Old Nickerson Field (1928–1952) Nickerson Field (1953–1997)
Bowls & rivalries	Boston College (Green Line Rivalry)
Culture & lore	Rhett the Boston Terrier "Go BU"
People	Head coaches NFL Draftees
Seasons	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 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

1951 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Bucknell		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton		–		9	–	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
Army		–		2	–	7	–	0
Brown		–		2	–	7	–	0
NYU		–		1	–	7	–	0
Tufts		–		0	–	7	–	2

Rankings from AP Poll