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The 1942 Williams Ephs football team represented the Williams College as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In Charlie Caldwell's 15th and final year at Williams, the Ephs compiled a 7–1 record, shutting out three teams, and outscored opponents 256 to 46. After winning their first seven contests, the Ephs made a quick appearance on the AP Poll for the first and only time in program history. Williams lost the last game of the season against rival Amherst and fell from the rankings.
The 1951 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 299 to 157. Although they finished with four losses, defeated only one opponent that was ranked at the time of the game, and defeated no opponents that finished with a winning percentage above .600 other than 7–3 William & Mary, the Terriers still managed to secure a spot on the final AP Poll, just shy of the top 15. This was largely due to two first place votes that were granted to the team, becoming only the second team to receive first place votes in the final poll with a winning percentage of .600 or worse, the first being 5–4–1 Holy Cross in 1942. The 1951 Boston team is considered by James Vautravers, a college football historian who analyzes past AP polls, to be the worst AP rated team of all time. The team was ranked at No. 54 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.
References
- ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tennessee Vols manhandle Fordham Rams, 40–14". The Knoxville Journal. October 4, 1942. Retrieved August 9, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Rams hold edge during entire tilt". The State. October 11, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fordham outscores West Virginia, 23–14, in confusing affair". The Birmingham News. October 18, 1943. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Dick McCann (November 1, 1942). "Fordham Whips St. Mary's, 7-0". Daily News. p. C40 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Louisiana State rally beats Fordham, 26–13". Atlantic City Press. November 8, 1942. Retrieved October 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fordham University All-Time Football Records". luckyshow.org.
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