1953 Boston University Terriers football team

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1953 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)     8 0 0
Juniata     7 0 0
No. 14 Army     7 1 1
Harvard     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 2 0
Hofstra
    6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Yale     5 2 2
Carnegie Tech
    5 3 0
Boston College     5 3 1
Boston University     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 1
Princeton     5 4 0
Tufts     4 3 0
Cornell     4 3 2
Holy Cross     5 5 0
Temple     4 4 1
Colgate     3 4 2
Columbia     4 5 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Villanova     4 6 0
Drexel     2 3 1
Brown     3 5 1
Penn     3 5 1
Pittsburgh     3 5 1
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 5 1
Bucknell     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored by their opponents by a total of 224 to 135.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at SyracuseT 14–1418,000
October 10Penn StateL 13–3512,338[2][3]
October 172:00 p.m.
Brandeis
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 40–148,500[4][5]
October 24Lehigh
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 52–128,000[6]
October 308:30 p.m.Marquette
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
L 6–719,730[7][8]
November 7at Holy CrossL 7–206,000[9]
November 14Villanova
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 31–1910,944[10]
November 21at TempleW 20–05,000[11]
November 281:30 p.m.at William & MaryW 41–142,300[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "1953 Boston University Terriers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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