1951 BYU Cougars football | |
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Conference | Skyline Conference |
Record | 6–3–1 (2–3–1 Skyline Six) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Ray Oliverson |
Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their third season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 2–3–1 against conference opponents, finished fifth in the Skyline, and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 184.[1][2]
Ray Oliverson was the team captain. He was also selected as a first-team halfback on the 1951 All-Skyline Conference team selected by the Associated Press (AP). BYU's Jae Ballif also won first-team honors on the AP all-conference team as a defensive halfback.[3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 14 | Idaho State* |
| W 27–7 | 5,000 | [4] | ||
September 22 | Western State (CO)* |
| W 67–7 | 5,000 | [5] | ||
September 29 | Hawaii* |
| W 20–7 | 8,500 | [6] | ||
October 6 | at Utah | L 6–7 | 21,459 | [7] | |||
October 20 | Wyoming |
| T 20–20 | 7,858 | [8] | ||
October 27 | at Denver | L 6–56 | 12,359 | [9] | |||
November 3 | Colorado A&M |
| W 21–19 | 8,500 | [10] | ||
November 10 | Utah State |
| W 28–27 | 10,000 | [11] | ||
November 17 | at New Mexico | L 0–34 | 8,500 | [12] | |||
November 24 | at Pepperdine* |
| W 20–0 | [13] | |||
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