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1949 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumFenway Park
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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]

Schedule

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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]

Rankings

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See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP————1815———

References

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  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
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