1942 Boston University Terriers football team

1942 Boston University Terriers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumNickerson Field
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams     7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State     6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College     8 2 0
Buffalo     6 2 0
Bucknell     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Duquesne     6 3 1
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 1
Penn     5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross     5 4 1
Dartmouth     5 4 0
Brown     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Vermont     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     3 3 0
Boston University     4 5 0
Cornell     3 5 1
Princeton     3 5 1
Temple     2 5 3
Columbia     3 6 0
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Tufts     2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall     1 4 2
Massachusetts State     2 5 0
Harvard     2 6 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Manhattan     2 6 0
CCNY     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by a total of 94 to 88.[1]

Walt Holmer was hired as the team's head coach in January 1942. He replaced Pat Hanley who was called to duty with the Marine Corps. Holmer had been the team's backfield coach for the prior eight years.[2] Holmer later resigned his post in March 1943 to enter the Naval Reserve.[3]

Boston University was ranked at No. 175 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[4]

  1. ^ "Boston Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Walt Holmer of Moline Is New Boston U. Coach". Daily Dispatch. January 26, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lieut. Holmer, Ex-B.U. Coach, Now Navy Physical Instructor". The Boston Globe. July 12, 1943. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.