1936 Boston University Terriers football team

American college football season

1936 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–1–2
Head coach	Pat Hanley (3rd season)
Home stadium	Nickerson Field, Fenway Park
Seasons← 1935 1937 →

1936 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Saint Anselm		–		6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth		–		7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	1	–	2
Boston University		–		5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham		–		5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross		–		7	–	2	–	1
Villanova		–		7	–	2	–	1
Army		–		6	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	3	–	0
Drexel		–		6	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	3	–	2
La Salle		–		6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo		–		5	–	3	–	0
Columbia		–		5	–	3	–	0
Princeton		–		4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent		–		5	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan		–		6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern		–		5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		4	–	4	–	1
CCNY		–		4	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		3	–	3	–	1
Harvard		–		3	–	4	–	1
Cornell		–		3	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)		–		2	–	4	–	1
Brown		–		3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	6	–	0
Providence		–		1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse		–		1	–	7	–	0
Vermont		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its third season under head coach Pat Hanley, the team compiled a 5–1–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 87 to 39.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3	American International	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 40–0
October 10	at Toledo	Libbey High School Toledo, OH	W 6–0
October 17	Washington University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 6–0	2,000
October 24	at Villanova	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 7–25
October 31	Miami (FL)	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	T 7–7
November 7	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 7–0
November 14	Clarkson	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 14–7
November 21	vs. Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	T 0–0	15,000

References

"Boston (MA) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
"Boston U. 6, Bears 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 18, 1936. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
Floyd Bragg (November 8, 1936). "Rutgers Eleven Upset By Boston University In Last Period, 7-0". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ) – via Newspapers.com.
"Boston Terriers Surprise Eagles In Scoreless Tie: First Time University Tea Has Ever Held Neighbors Even". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Boston University Terriers football
Venues	Old Nickerson Field (1928–1938, 1940–1946) Fenway Park (1925–1926, 1936–1939, 1947–1952) Braves Field (1920–1921, 1939, 1953–1954) Nickerson Field (1955–1997)
Bowls & rivalries	Boston College: Green Line Rivalry Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	Rhett the Boston Terrier "Go BU"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898–1903 1904 1905 1906–1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

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