1971 Boston University

0–⁠5.

Schedule and results

Boston University in 1971, game by game: lost at Colgate 21–27; lost at The Citadel 37–44; lost at Temple 10–34; lost at Holy Cross 14–28; lost at Villanova 0–48+7−48Lost 21–27 at Colgate-6ColgateLost 37–44 at The Citadel-7The CitadelLost 10–34 at Temple-24TempleLost 14–28 at Holy Cross-14Holy CrossLost 0–48 at Villanova-48Villanova
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atColgateL 21–⁠2722%
Sep 25atThe CitadelL 37–⁠4423%
Oct 2atTempleL 10–⁠3445%
Oct 16atHoly CrossL 14–⁠2822%
Nov 6atVillanovaL 0–⁠4810%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Villanova 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 67 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Boston University’s 1971 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 29vsUConnL 10–⁠14UConn’s article
Record
0–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
82–⁠181
Coach
—
Elo
1181 −62 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
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