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1951 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record6–4
Head coach
Home stadiumFenway Park
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
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
Susquehanna   –   6 – 0 – 0
Trenton State   –   6 – 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
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

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. Led their fifth season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the Terriers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 299 to 157. The team played home games at Fenway Park in Boston.

Boston University was ranked No. 16 in the final AP poll and No. 54 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at William & Mary
L 25–3410,000[3]
September 29at Penn State
L 34–4015,536
October 6at Louisville
W 39–710,000[4]
October 132:00 p.m.Camp Lejeune
W 16–05,900[5][6][7]
October 19No. 16 Pacific (CA)
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 27–12
October 27at Temple
L 13–2010,000[8]
November 3NYU
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 52–65,000[9]
November 10Oregon
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 32–6[10]
November 17Wichita
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
W 39–68,442[11]
November 24Syracuse
  • Fenway Park
  • Boston, MA
L 19–2610,148[12]

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References

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  1. ^ "Tennessee Tops AP Poll For First Time In History". The Austin Statesman. Austin, Texas. Associated Press. December 4, 1951. p. 21. Retrieved May 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "W-M beats Boston, 34–25". The Knoxville Journal. September 23, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Brown, Jimmy (October 6, 1951). "Southpaw Agganis Paces Boston U. To 39-7 Win Over U.L." The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 5, section 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 13, 1951). "Agganis On Spot Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 14, 1951). "B. U. Turns Back Camp Lejune, 16-0; Kastan Scores Twice, Gains 95 Yards". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 43. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 14, 1951). "B. U. (continued)". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 44. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ O'Gara, Frank (October 27, 1951). "Temple Tops Boston U. for 5th in Row, 20-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (November 4, 1951). "B.U. Buries N.Y.U., 52-6; Kastan Runs 76, 57 Yards for Scores". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Holbrook, Bob (November 11, 1951). "B. U. Routs Oregon, 35-6, Behind Agganis, Kastan". Daily Boston Globe. p. C55.
  11. ^ Birtwell, Roger (November 18, 1951). "Agganis and Gastall Lead B. U. Over Wichita, 39 to 6". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 56. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Syracuse Grid Team Tests Terriers at Fenway Park". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. November 23, 1951. pp. 4, 15.
  13. ^ "1951 Boston University Terriers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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