1945 Boston University Terriers football team

The 1945 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. The team was lead interim head coach Robert McKelvey until head coach Walt Holmer was discharged from the United States Navy and resumed his coaching duties on November 5, 1945.^[1][2] The team compiled a 0–5 record, was shut out in four of five games, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 3.^[3] The season finale against Harvard was so one-sided that head coaches Dick Harlow and Walt Holmer elected to cut 5 minutes from each of the final two quarters.^[4]

1945 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–5
Head coach	Robert McKelvey (first 3 games) Walt Holmer (last 2 games)
Home stadium	Nickerson Field
Seasons ← 1942 1946 →

1945 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 20	at Tufts	Medford, MA	L 0–70		[5]
October 27	Squantum NAS	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 3–21	500	[6]
November 3	at Rhode Island State	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 0–30		[7]
November 17	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 0–54	4,000	[8]
November 24	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–60	6,000	[9]

References

1. "B. U. to Resume Gridiron Activities". The Boston Globe. September 20, 1945.
2. King, Bill (November 5, 1945). "Braves Have Already Signed New Manager". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
3. "Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
4. "Harvard Crushes Boston U., 60 to 0". The New York Times. November 25, 1945.
5. Gerry Moore (October 21, 1945). "Tufts Sets All-Time High for Manly Clubs, Rolling Over B. U., 70 to 0". The Boston Globe. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Nate Levenson (October 28, 1945). "Terriers Bow to Squantum Airmen, 21-3". The Boston Globe. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Rhody Rams Batter B. U. Terriers, 33-0, on Kingston Field". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1945. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Trojanowski Scores 4 More T.D.'s, Conn. Tops B. U., 54-0". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1945. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Harvard Crushes Boston U., 60 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. United Press. November 25, 1945. p. S2.