1949 Boston University Terriers football team

1949 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2
Head coach	Aldo Donelli (3rd season)

1949 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Vincent			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova			–					8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	5	–	2
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 250 to 108.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 23	at Syracuse		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 33–21
October 8	at Colgate		Colgate Athletic Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 40–21
October 14	West Virginia		Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 52–20
October 22	NYU		Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 38–0
October 29	Scranton		Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 46–6
November 5	Temple	No. 18	Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 28–7
November 12	Maryland	No. 15	Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	L 13–14
November 19	St. Bonaventure		Old Nickerson Field Weston, MA	L 0–19
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game