1941 Boston University Terriers football team

The 1941 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its eighth and final season under head coach Pat Hanley, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 77 to 51. The team played its home games at the original Nickerson Field in Weston, Massachusetts.

1941 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
  • Pat Hanley (8th season)
Home stadiumNickerson Field
1941 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne    8 0 0
Thiel    7 0 0
Saint Francis (PA)    6 0 1
No. 6 Fordham    8 1 0
Rochester    6 1 0
Trinity (CT)    6 1 0
Wagner    5 1 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 1 1
Penn State    7 2 0
Temple    7 2 0
Coast Guard    6 2 0
Norwich    6 2 0
Hofstra    5 2 0
Boston College    7 3 0
Syracuse    5 2 1
Bucknell    6 3 0
Drexel    4 2 1
Boston University    5 3 0
La Salle    5 3 0
Tufts    5 3 0
Army    5 3 1
CCNY    4 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Manhattan    4 4 1
Holy Cross    4 4 2
Colgate    3 3 2
Providence    3 3 2
Buffalo    3 4 1
Massachusetts State    3 4 1
Pittsburgh    3 6 0
Vermont    2 6 0
NYU    2 7 0
Carnegie Tech    1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Tackle George Radulski was the team captain. The team's backfield stars were Pete Lamanna, Frank Provinzano, and Walter Williams.

Boston University was ranked at No. 129 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

After the December 7 Attack on Pearl Harbor, Boston University's coach Pat Hanley was commissioned as a major in the United States Marine Corps. He was the first head coach to join the military after the declaration of war.

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