1952 Boston University Terriers football team

The 1952 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and was outscored by their opponents by a total of 139 to 216.^[1]

1952 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Aldo Donelli (6th season)
Home stadium	Fenway Park
Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

1952 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rochester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Hofstra			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Princeton			–					8	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	1
No. 14 Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	4	–	1
Penn			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	1
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		at Wichita	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	W 6–0	12,500	[2]
September 26	8:15 p.m.	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 21–34	15,000	[3][4]
October 4		at Marquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 0–21	14,000	[5]
October 10		Miami (FL)	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 9–7	14,522	[6]
October 18		William & Mary	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 33–28	15,855	[7]
October 25		at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 29–20	9,000	[8]
November 1		No. 2 Maryland	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 7–34	32,568	[9]
November 8		Temple	Fenway Park Boston, MA	T 14–14	9,536	[10]
November 15		NYU	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 14–7	5,063	[11]
November 22		at Villanova	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 6–51	10,000	[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time