1936 Boston University Terriers football team

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1936 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–2
Head coach
Home stadiumNickerson Field, Fenway Park
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm     6 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
No. 10 Penn     7 1 0
No. 12 Yale     7 1 0
No. 13 Dartmouth     7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 1
No. 14 Duquesne     8 2 0
Boston College     6 1 2
Boston University     5 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     5 1 2
Holy Cross     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Drexel     6 3 0
Temple     6 3 2
La Salle     6 3 1
Buffalo     5 3 0
Columbia     5 3 0
Princeton     4 2 2
Saint Vincent     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 4 0
Northeastern     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
CCNY     4 4 0
Tufts     3 3 1
Harvard     3 4 1
Cornell     3 5 0
Penn State     3 5 0
Westminster (PA)     2 4 1
Brown     3 7 0
Carnegie Tech     2 6 0
Massachusetts State     2 6 0
Providence     1 7 0
Syracuse     1 7 0
Vermont     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its third season under head coach Pat Hanley, the team compiled a 5–1–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 87 to 39.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3American InternationalW 40–0
October 10at ToledoW 6–0
October 17Washington UniversityW 6–02,000[2]
October 24at VillanovaL 7–25
October 31Miami (FL)
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
T 7–7
November 7at Rutgers
W 7–0[3]
November 14Clarkson
  • Nickerson Field
  • Weston, MA
W 14–7
November 21vs. Boston College
T 0–015,000[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Boston U. 6, Bears 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 18, 1936. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Floyd Bragg (November 8, 1936). "Rutgers Eleven Upset By Boston University In Last Period, 7-0". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ) – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Boston Terriers Surprise Eagles In Scoreless Tie: First Time University Tea Has Ever Held Neighbors Even". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.