1937 Boston University Terriers football team

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]

1937 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2
Head coach	Pat Hanley (4th season)
Home stadium	Fenway Park
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2		Lehigh	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 33–6	5,000	^[2]
October 9		Slippery Rock	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 20–0	5,000	^[3]
October 16		at Clarkson	Watertown, NY	W 35–0
October 23		Western Reserve	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 0–7	5,000	^[4]
October 30		at Washington University	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	W 14–12	5,500	^[5]
November 6		American International	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 28–0		^[6]
November 11		No. 9 Villanova	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 0–12	15,000	^[7]
November 20	2:00 p.m.	vs. Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 13–6	12,000	^[8]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. . 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  .