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1951 college football season

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1951 college football season
Preseason AP No. 1Tennessee[1]
Number of bowls8
Champion(s)Tennessee (AP, Coaches)
HeismanDick Kazmaier (halfback, Princeton)
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The 1951 college football season was the 83rd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It finished with Princeton halfback Dick Kazmaier winning the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award. Five teams have laid claim to the 1951 national championship:

Individual statistical leaders for the 1951 season included San Francisco halfback Ollie Matson with 1,566 rushing yards and 126 points scored, Princeton halfback Dick Kazmaier with 1,827 yards of total offense, Loyola quarterback Don Klosterman with 1,843 passing yards, and Wyoming end Dewey McConnell with 47 receptions.

Conference and program changes

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Conference changes

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Membership changes

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School 1950 Conference 1951 Conference
CCNY Beavers Independent Dropped Program[2]
Duquesne Dukes Independent Dropped Program
Georgetown Hoyas Independent Dropped Program
High Point Panthers Independent Dropped Program
Houston Cougars Gulf Coast Missouri Valley
Kent State Golden Flashes Independent MAC
Milligan Buffaloes Smoky Mountain Conference/Volunteer State Athletic Conference Dropped Program[3]
Montana Grizzlies Independent Skyline (Mountain States)
New Mexico Lobos Border Skyline (Mountain States)
Niagara Purple Eagles Western New York Little Three Dropped Program
St. Mary's Gaels Independent Dropped Program

September

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In the preseason poll released on September 24, 1951, Tennessee and Michigan State were ranked first and second, with Tennessee having 60 of the 115 first place votes. MSU had opened its season on the 22nd with a 6–0 win over Oregon State. They were followed by No. 3 Ohio State, defending champion No. 4 Oklahoma, and No. 5 California (which had won its opener against Santa Clara, 34–0). As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be issued on the Monday following the weekend's games.

On September 14, the Central Missouri Mules played the Southwestern Moundbuilders in the rejected touchdown game where Southwestern's head coach Harold Hunt "rejected" a touchdown awarded by officials because his player stepped out of bounds.[4]

On September 29 No. 1 Tennessee beat Mississippi State 14–0. No. 2 Michigan State won at No. 17 Michigan, 25–0, to take the top spot from the Vols. No. 3 Ohio State beat visiting SMU 7–0 in a win not deemed good enough to stay in the top five. No. 4 Oklahoma beat William & Mary 49–7. No. 5 California won in Philadelphia against No. 19 Penn, 35–0, and rose to second in the next poll. The game was broadcast in New York in a test for color television [5] No. 14 Notre Dame, which had beaten Indiana 48–6, rose to fifth. The poll: No. 1 Michigan State, No. 2 California, No. 3 Tennessee, No. 4 Oklahoma, and No. 5 Notre Dame.

October

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October 6 No. 1 Michigan State won at No. 7 Ohio State, 24–20. No. 2 California beat Minnesota, 55–14. No. 3 Tennessee beat No. 16 Duke 26–0. No. 4 Oklahoma lost at No. 10 Texas A&M, 14–7 and fell out of the top five. No. 5 Notre Dame had beaten Mercy College of Detroit, 40–6, the night before. The next poll: No. 1 Michigan State, No. 2 California, No. 3 Tennessee, No. 4 Texas A&M, and No. 5 Notre Dame.

October 13 No. 1 Michigan State had trouble in defeating Marquette 20–14. No. 2 California beat Washington State 42–35 and took over the top spot from the Spartans in the next poll. No. 3 Tennessee beat the University of Chattanooga 42–13. No. 4 Texas A&M beat Trinity College 53–14 and fell from the top five. No. 5 Notre Dame lost to visiting SMU, 27–20. Taking the places of the Aggies and the Irish were No. 6 Texas (which had beaten No. 11 Oklahoma in Dallas, 9–7) and No. 8 Georgia Tech (which had beaten LSU 25–7). The next poll: No. 1 California, No. 2 Tennessee, No. 3 Michigan State, No. 4 Texas, and No. 5 Georgia Tech.

October 20 In Los Angeles, No. 1 California and No. 11 USC, both unbeaten at 4–0–0, faced off, and the Golden Bears lost the game, along with the top spot in the poll, 21–14. Earlier, in Birmingham, No. 2 Tennessee defeated Alabama 27–13. No. 3 Michigan State won at Penn State, 32–21. No. 4 Texas lost at Arkansas, 16–14. No. 5 Georgia Tech defeated Auburn 27–7. Appearing in the top five were No. 8 Illinois (which had a 27–20 win over No. 20 Washington) and No. 7 Maryland (which had beaten North Carolina 14–7). The next poll: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Georgia Tech, No. 4 Illinois, and No. 5 Maryland.

Another significant game on this date, though for a far different reason, was the Drake–Oklahoma A&M matchup. Then-unbeaten Drake was led by quarterback Johnny Bright, who was leading the nation in total offense at the time and had been touted as a Heisman Trophy candidate. Two years earlier, he had been the first black player to appear in a game at A&M's home field, without incident. The same could not be said about this game. Bright was forced to leave the game in the first quarter after suffering three concussions and a broken jaw as the result of a racially motivated attack by white A&M player Wilbanks Smith, and A&M ultimately won 27–14. The attack was immortalized in a photo sequence in the Des Moines Register that won the photographers a Pulitzer Prize. It also had an enduring legacy on the sport:

  • By the end of the school year, Drake and Bradley withdrew from the Missouri Valley Conference in protest over both the attack and the failure of either the conference or Oklahoma A&M to discipline Smith. Bradley would return to the MVC for non-football sports in 1955, with Drake doing the same a year later, but Bradley never returned for football (dropping the sport in 1970) and Drake did not return to MVC football until 1971.
  • The attack led to new NCAA rules regarding illegal blocking and mandating the use of helmets with face guards.

October 27 No. 1 Tennessee beat Tennessee Tech 68–0. No. 2 Michigan State beat visiting Pitt, 53–26. No. 3 Georgia Tech won narrowly at Vanderbilt, 8–7. No. 4 Illinois won at Indiana, 21–0. Unbeaten (4–0–0) and No. 5 Maryland visited once-beaten (4–1–0) LSU, and won convincingly, 27–0. With the top five teams staying unbeaten, the poll changed only slightly: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Illinois, No 4 Maryland, and No. 5 Georgia Tech.

November

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November 3 No. 1 Tennessee won at North Carolina, 27–0 for its fourth shutout. In six games, the Vols had outscored their opponents, 207–14. No. 2 Michigan State was idle and dropped to fifth in the next poll. No. 3 Illinois beat No. 15 Michigan 7–0. No. 4 Maryland shut out Missouri 35–0. No. 5 Georgia Tech was tied by Duke, 14–14. No. 6 Princeton, which rose to 5–0–0 after a 12–0 win over Brown and had not lost a game in more than two years, gave an Ivy League addition to the Top Five. The next poll: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Illinois, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 Princeton, and No. 5 Michigan State.

November 10 No. 1 Tennessee beat Washington & Lee, 60–14. No. 2 Illinois beat Iowa 40–13. In Baltimore, No. 3 Maryland beat Navy, 40–21. No. 4 Princeton won at Harvard, 54–13 but left the top five. No. 5 Michigan State (6–0–0) hosted No. 11 Notre Dame (5–1–0), shut out the Irish 35–0, and returned to the No. 1 spot in the poll. In Los Angeles, two unbeaten and untied (7–0–0) powers faced off, as No. 6 USC and No. 7 Stanford met. The Stanford Indians beat the Trojans 27–20. The next poll: No. 1 Michigan State, No. 2 Tennessee, No. 3 Illinois, No. 4 Stanford, and No. 5 Maryland.

November 17 No. 1 Michigan State won at Indiana, 30–26. No. 2 Tennessee won at Mississippi, 46–21. No. 3 Illinois got a blemish on its record with a 0–0 tie at Ohio State. No. 4 Stanford beat Oregon State 35–14. No. 5 Maryland overwhelmed N.C. State 53–0. No. 6 Princeton, which had shut out Yale 27–0, came back to the top five. The next poll: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Maryland, and No. 5 Princeton.

November 24 No. 1 Tennessee beat No. 9 Kentucky 28–0. No. 2 Michigan State beat Colorado 45–7 to finish its season at 9–0–0. No. 3 Stanford suffered its first defeat, falling to No. 19 California 20–7. No. 4 Maryland stayed unbeaten, defeating West Virginia 54–7. No. 5 Princeton closed its season with a 13–0 win over Dartmouth. No. 6 Illinois, which won at Northwestern 3–0, returned to the top five. The penultimate poll: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 Illinois, and No. 5 Princeton.

On December 1 No. 1 Tennessee closed its season unbeaten with a 35–27 win over Vanderbilt. No. 6 Georgia Tech, the only other highly-ranked team which had not finished its season, defeated Georgia 48–6. This result moved the Yellow Jackets up a spot in the final poll: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 Illinois, No. 5 Georgia Tech, and No. 6 Princeton, with all six teams being undefeated (although Illinois and Georgia Tech both had ties on their record).

The nation's seventh undefeated team was the No. 14 University of San Francisco Dons, who closed their season—and their football program—with a perfect record of 9 wins, 0 losses and 0 ties. After their November 24 game against in-state Jesuit rival Loyola University, a 20–2 win, USF stopped playing football.

Conference standings

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For this article, major conferences defined as those including at least one state flagship public university.

Major conference standings

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1951 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Oklahoma $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Colorado 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kansas 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Missouri 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Illinois $ 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Purdue 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
No. 8 Wisconsin 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Ohio State 2 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Northwestern 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Minnesota 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Iowa 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Arizona State 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Hardin–Simmons 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Arizona 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Texas Western 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
West Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cincinnati $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Miami (OH) 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kent State 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 2
Ohio 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Western Reserve 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Western Michigan 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lehigh $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
South Dakota $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
South Dakota State 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Iowa State Teachers 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
North Dakota 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Morningside 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
North Dakota State 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Augustana (SD) 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Stanford $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 UCLA 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
No. 12 California 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
USC 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Washington State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Oregon State 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Washington 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Oregon 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Idaho 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Georgia Tech + 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 1
No. 1 Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
LSU 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 15 Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Auburn 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Alabama 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Florida 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Maryland + 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
VMI + 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Washington and Lee 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
William & Mary 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Duke 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
South Carolina 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
George Washington 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
West Virginia 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Richmond 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
The Citadel 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Furman 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
VPI 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 TCU $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 9 Baylor 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Texas 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Rice 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Texas A&M 1 – 3 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Arkansas 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
SMU 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
UMass 2 – 0 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Connecticut 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Rhode Island 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Vermont 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Independents

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1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Susquehanna   –   6 – 0 – 0
Trenton State   –   6 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Michigan State   –   9 – 0 – 0
Xavier   –   9 – 0 – 1
Wabash   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 13 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 1
Dayton   –   7 – 3 – 0
Toledo   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington University   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wayne   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bowling Green   –   4 – 4 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 6 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   3 – 5 – 0
John Carroll   –   3 – 6 – 0
Rose Poly   –   2 – 5 – 0
Youngstown   –   2 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Virginia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Maryland State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Arkansas State   –   10 – 2 – 0
Stetson   –   8 – 1 – 2
Florida State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Texas Southern   –   7 – 3 – 1
Miami (FL)   –   8 – 3 – 0
Tampa   –   7 – 3 – 1
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 0
Memphis State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Sewanee   –   5 – 3 – 0
McNeese State   –   5 – 4 – 1
Louisville   –   5 – 4 – 0
Chattanooga   –   6 – 5 – 0
Grambling   –   4 – 5 – 1
Navy   –   2 – 6 – 1
Delta State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1951 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 San Francisco   –   9 – 0 – 0
La Verne   –   5 – 3 – 0
Pacific (CA)   –   6 – 5 – 0
Fresno State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Santa Clara   –   3 – 5 – 1
Hawaii   –   4 – 7 – 0
Loyola (CA)   –   3 – 6 – 0
San Jose State   –   2 – 7 – 1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   1 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Minor conferences

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Conference Champion(s) Record
California Collegiate Athletic Association San Diego State 4–0
Central Church College Conference Concordia (NE) 3–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association West Virginia State 5–0–1
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Teachers
Pittsburg State 		4–1
College Conference of Illinois Illinois Wesleyan 5–0
Evergreen Conference Pacific Lutheran
Puget Sound
Western Washington College 		4–1
Far Western Conference NBCA 3–1
Gulf Coast Conference North Texas State 2–0
Indiana Collegiate Conference Valparaiso 4–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint Ambrose 5–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference College of Emporia 6–0
Lone Star Conference East Texas State Teachers 5–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Alma
Hope 		4–1
Mid-American Conference Cincinnati 3–0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Lawrence 7–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 6–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northeast Missouri State
Southwest Missouri State 		4–0–1
Nebraska College Conference Doane
Peru State 		6–1
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Eastern New Mexico 5–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Dakota 6–0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference Dickinson State
Valley City State 		4–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Ohio Wesleyan 6–0
Ohio Valley Conference Murray State College 5–1
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Northeastern State College (OK) 5–0
Oregon Collegiate Conference Oregon College —
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Bloomsburg State Teachers 7–0
Pacific Northwest Conference Lewis & Clark
Pacific (OR) 		4–1
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado Mines 4–0
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference South Dakota Mines 6–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Occidental 4–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Morris Brown 8–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference Prairie View A&M College 6–1
State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota St. Cloud State Teachers 4–0
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Abilene Christian
Howard Payne
Texas A&I 		3–1
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference La Crosse State Teachers 6–0

Minor conference standings

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1951 Badger-Illini Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwestern (WI) $ 6 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Milton 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
St. Procopius 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
Concordia (IL) 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 3 – 1
Mission House 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–Extension 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin Tech 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Aurora 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Diego State $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 1
Cal Poly 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Pepperdine 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Santa Barbara 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Los Angeles State 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Central Church College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia (NE) $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
York (NE) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Tarkio 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Dana 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 West Virginia State $ 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 1 North Carolina A&T 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
No. 6 North Carolina College 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Virginia Union 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Virginia State 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Hampton 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Winston-Salem State 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Howard 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Morgan State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Bluefield State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Johnson C. Smith 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Delaware State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
St. Augustine's 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Shaw 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[6]
1951 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburg State + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Emporia State + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Washburn 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Fort Hays State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
St. Benedict's 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 College Conference of Illinois football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois Wesleyan $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Wheaton (IL) 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Millikin 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Illinois College 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Augustana (IL) 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
North Central (IL) 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Elmhurst 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Carthage 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Evergreen Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Washington + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Puget Sound + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Pacific Lutheran + 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Whitworth 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Eastern Washington 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Central Washington 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cal Aggies $ 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
San Francisco State 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Humboldt State 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Southern Oregon 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Chico State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Gulf Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Texas State $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Midwestern (TX) 0 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Trinity (TX) 0 – 1 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mississippi Southern $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Northwestern State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Hoosier Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hanover $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Indiana Central 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Earlham 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Manchester (IN) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Taylor 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Franklin (IN) 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Anderson (IN) 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Valparaiso $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Butler 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Evansville 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Indiana State 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
Ball State 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Illinois State 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Western Illinois 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Central Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Eastern Illinois 2 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Michigan State Normal 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Illinois State Normal 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Southern Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
Loras xy 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Luther 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Buena Vista 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wartburg 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Upper Iowa 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Westmar 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Southern Division
St. Ambrose xy$ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Dubuque 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Simpson (IA) 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Parsons 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Central (IA) 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Championship: St. Ambrose 44, Loras 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
1951 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
College of Emporia $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
McPherson 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ottawa 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bethany (KS) 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Baker 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bethel (KS) 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Texas State $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Southwest Texas State 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Sam Houston State 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Stephen F. Austin 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Lamar Tech 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sul Ross 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Maryland $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Randolph–Macon 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Hampden–Sydney 1 – 1 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Bridgewater 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0
Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Gallaudet 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Dickinson Scoring System.
1951 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alma + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Hope + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Albion 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Hillsdale 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Kalamazoo 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Adrian 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 Mid-Ohio League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bluffton + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Findlay + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Ohio Northern 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Cedarville 2 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Ashland 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Defiance 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 Midlands Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lewis $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
St. Ambrose 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
St. Norbert 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Loras 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Central State (OH) $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 3 Tennessee A&I 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Lincoln (MO) 1 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier[7]
1951 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lawrence $ 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Ripon 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Knox 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Carleton 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Coe 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Grinnell 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Cornell (IA) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Gustavus Adolphus $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
Minnesota–Duluth 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
St. Thomas (MN) 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Saint John's (MN) 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
St. Olaf 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Hamline 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Concordia (MN) 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Saint Mary's (MN) 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Macalester 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Augsburg 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Minnesota Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Cloud State $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Bemidji State 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Mankato State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Moorhead State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Winona State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri Valley $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
William Jewell 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Culver–Stockton 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Central (MO) 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Tarkio 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kirksville State + 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
SW Missouri State + 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Missouri Mines 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
NW Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
SE Missouri State 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Central Missouri State 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 7 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Drake 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Houston 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Detroit 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wichita 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bradley 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Montana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carroll (MT) $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Rocky Mountain 3 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Western Montana 2 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Eastern Montana 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
Montana Mines 0 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ?
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Nebraska College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Peru State + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Doane + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wayne State (NE) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Kearney State 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Hastings 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Chadron State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Midland 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 New Mexico Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern New Mexico $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
New Mexico Western 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Adams State 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Panhandle A&M 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
New Mexico Highlands 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
New Mexico Military 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1952 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dickinson State + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Valley City State + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Minot State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Ellendale 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
Wahpeton Science 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 3 – 1
Jamestown 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Mayville State 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 3 – 0
Bismarck JC 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Elon 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Catawba 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Appalachian State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
East Carolina 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Western Carolina 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Guilford 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pacific (OR) + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Lewis & Clark + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
College of Idaho 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Linfield 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 3
Whitman 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Willamette 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio Wesleyan $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Heidelberg 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Mount Union 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Muskingum 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Denison 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Oberlin 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Otterbein 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Wooster 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Akron 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Wittenberg 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Capital 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Marietta 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Murray State $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Eastern Kentucky 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Marshall 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Evansville 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tennessee Tech 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Western Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northeastern State $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
SW Oklahoma State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
SE Oklahoma State 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Central State (OK) 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
NW Oklahoma State 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
East Central 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oregon College $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
Oregon Tech 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Vanport 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Eastern Oregon 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bloomsburg $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
California (PA) 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Clarion 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
West Chester 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Kutztown 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Shippensburg 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
East Stroudsburg 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Slippery Rock 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Indiana (PA) 5 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Edinboro 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 5 – 1
Mansfield 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Millersville 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Cheyney 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Lock Haven 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Saylor system of ratings.
1951 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado Mines $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Colorado College 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Idaho State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Western State (CO) 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Montana State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Emory and Henry $ 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1
East Tennessee State 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Carson–Newman 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
South Dakota Mines $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Southern State (SD) 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Black Hills 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Northern State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Huron 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Yankton 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
General Beadle 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Sioux Falls 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Dakota Wesleyan 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Occidental $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Redlands 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Whittier 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Caltech 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Pomona 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Morris Brown $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Xavier (LA) 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Florida A&M 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
No. 22 Fisk 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
No. 23 South Carolina State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Bethune–Cookman 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Benedict 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 24 Tuskegee 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Alabama A&M 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Lane 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Morehouse 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Clark (GA) 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Allen 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Knoxville 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
Alabama State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Fort Valley State 0 – 0 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[8]
1951 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Prairie View A&M $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 17 Texas College 4 – 1 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
No. 21 Southern 4 – 1 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
No. 20 Arkansas AM&N 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Langston 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wiley 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Samuel Huston 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Bishop 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[9]
1951 Texas Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Abilene Christian + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Texas A&I + 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Howard Payne + 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
McMurry 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Austin 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1951 Virginia Little Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Emory and Henry $ 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1
Randolph–Macon 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Hampden–Sydney 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Bridgewater 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1951 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morris Harvey $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|West Virginia Tech]] 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Potomac State]] 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 1 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Fairmont State]] 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Davis & Elkins]] 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|West Liberty State]] 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Glenville State]] 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Shepherd]] 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Concord]] 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Salem]] 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Bethany (WV)]] * 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Conference standings based on power ratings
1951 Wisconsin State College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
[[{{{school}}}|La Crosse State]] $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Stout Institute]] 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Whitewater State]] 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Superior State]] 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Platteville State]] 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 3 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Milwaukee State]] 1 – 2 – 3 1 – 4 – 3
[[{{{school}}}|Eau Claire State]] 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|River Falls State]] 1 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Stevens Point State]] 0 – 3 – 3 0 – 3 – 4
[[{{{school}}}|Oshkosh State]] 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

Rankings

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Main article: 1951 NCAA football rankings

Bowl games

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All seven games played were on Tuesday, January 1, 1952.[10][11]

Major bowls

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Bowl game Winning team Losing team
Cotton Bowl No. 15 Kentucky 20 No. 11 TCU 7
Sugar Bowl No. 3 Maryland 28 No. 1 Tennessee 13
Rose Bowl No. 4 Illinois 40 No. 7 Stanford 7
Orange Bowl No. 5 Georgia Tech 17 No. 9 Baylor 14

Other bowls

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Bowl game Winning team Losing team
Gator Bowl Miami (FL) 14 No. 20 Clemson 0
Sun Bowl Texas Tech 25 Pacific (CA) 14
Tangerine Bowl Stetson 35 Arkansas State 20

Heisman Trophy voting

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The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

Player School Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Dick Kazmaier Princeton HB 506 107 45 1,777
Hank Lauricella Tennessee HB 45 108 73 424
Babe Parilli Kentucky QB 32 79 90 344
Bill McColl Stanford E 42 56 75 313
Johnny Bright Drake HB 31 49 39 230
Johnny Karras Illinois HB 15 60 58 223
Larry Isbell Baylor QB 29 24 28 163
Hugh McElhenny Washington HB 18 17 15 103
Ollie Matson San Francisco HB 6 28 21 95
Don Coleman Michigan State OT 6 23 29 93

Source: [12][13]

Statistical leaders

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Individual

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Total offense

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The following players were the individual leaders in total offense during the 1951 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Total Yds
1 Dick Kazmaier Princeton 1,827
2 Don Klosterman Loyola (CA) 1,803
3 Bill Wade Vanderbilt 1,646
4 Zeke Bratkowski Georgia 1,634
5 Tom Dublinski Utah 1,633
6 Hair Clemson 1,579
7 Morris Tulsa 1,572
8 Ollie Matson San Francisco 1,566
9 Larry Isbell Baylor 1,556
10 Johnny Bright Drake 1,553

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Passing

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The following players were the individual leaders in pass completions during the 1951 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Compl. Att. Pct.
Compl. 		Yds. Int. TDs
1 Don Klosterman Loyola (CA) 159 315 50.5% 1,843 21 9
2 Babe Parilli Kentucky 136 239 56.9% 1,643 12 19
3 Don Leahy Marquette 127 232 54.7% 1,543 15 12
4 Tom Dublinski Utah 124 239 51.9% 1,418 11 14
5 Don Babers Oklahoma A&M 121 247 49.0% 1,352 13 10
6 Hart Hardin-Simmons 117 229 51.1% 1,380 14 8
7 Zeke Bratkowski Georgia 116 248 46.8% 1,578 29 6
8 Bill Wade Vanderbilt 111 223 49.8% 1,609 10 13
9 Fred Benners SMU 108 204 52.9% 1,306 12 9
10 Larry Isbell Baylor 105 214 49.1% 1,430 18 10

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Rushing

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The following players were the individual leaders in rushing yards during the 1951 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Yds Rushes Avg
1 Ollie Matson San Francisco 1,566 245 6.39
2 Dunny Goode Hardin-Simmons 1,399 270 5.18
3 Howard Waugh Tulsa 1,118 165 6.78
4 Shannon Houston 1,059 144 7.35
5 Thomas McCormick Pacific 1,001 191 5.24
6 Hugh McElhenny Washington 936 169 5.54
7 Johnny Bright Drake 927 160 5.79
8 John Kastan Boston University 886 133 6.66
9 Hank Lauricella Tennessee 881 111 7.94
10 Buck McPhail Oklahoma 865 101 8.56

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Receiving

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The following players were the individual leaders in receptions during the 1951 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Receptions Receiving
yards 		TDs
1 Dewey McConnell Wyoming 47 725 8
2 Ed Barker Washington State 46 864 9
3 Jim David Colorado A&M 46 551 5
4 Karl Kluckhohn Colgate 45 616 5
5 Fred Snyder Loyola (CA) 45 539 2
6 Bill McColl Stanford 42 607 7
7 Harry Babcock Georgia 41 666 2
8 Ben Roderick Vanderbilt 40 627 5
8 George Wooden Oklahoma A&M 40 502 2
8 Wesley Bomm Columbia 40 444 1
8 Jim Walker Texas Western 40 440 3

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Scoring

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The following players were the individual leaders in scoring during the 1951 season:

Major college

Rank Player Team Pts TD PAT FG
1 Ollie Matson San Francisco 126 21 0 0
2 Hugh McElhenny Washington 125 17 23 0
3 Bill Parsons Tulsa 96 16 0 0
4 Ray Oliverson BYU 90 15 0 0
4 John "Babe" Kastan Boston University 90 15 0 0
6 Johnny Bright Drake 84 14 0 0
6 Frank Goode Hardin-Simmons 84 14 0 0
6 Eddie Macon Pacific 84 14 0 0
6 Harold "Herky" Payne Tennessee 84 14 0 0

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Team

[edit]

Total offense

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The following teams were the leaders in total offense during the 1951 season:

Major college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Tulsa 480.1
2 Maryland 423.3
3 Princeton 417.0
4 Arizona State 416.2
5 Cincinnati 408.3
6 Oklahoma 406.2
7 Holy Cross 405.5
8 Michigan State 403.0
9 Pacific 401.6
10 California 398.0

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Total defense

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The following teams were the leaders in total defense during the 1951 season:

Major college

Rank Team Yards
per game
1 Wisconsin 154.8
2 Princeton 176.9
3 Georgia Tech 199.1
4 Kentucky 205.9
5 San Francisco 209.4
6 Illinois 217.1
7 Holy Cross 221.2
8 Oklahoma 221.5
9 Virginia 221.7
10 Denver 223.0

[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1951 Preseason AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "City College drops varsity football". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 14, 1952. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Like a Rock for 50 years at Milligan College, Duard Walker has taught traditional values".
  4. ^ McDermott, William F (December 9, 1951). "Football's Man of the Year". Los Angeles Times. p. H10. ProQuest 166318789. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  5. ^ "Once Over Lightly", The Independent (Long Beach, California), Oct 8, 1951, p18
  6. ^ "The Pigskin Huddle". The Call. December 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Courier Rates Morris Brown No. 1 in National Grid Race". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 8, 1951. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "The Pigskin Huddle". The Call. December 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "The Pigskin Huddle". The Call. December 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bowl game results". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 2, 1952. p. 16.
  11. ^ "Attendance rises at bowl games". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. January 2, 1952. p. 32.
  12. ^ "Dick Kazmaier wins Heisman award". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 5, 1951. p. 37.
  13. ^ "Kazmaier wins Heisman Trophy". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 5, 1951. p. 49.
  14. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1952. p. 75.
  15. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1952. p. 78.
  16. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1952. p. 77.
  17. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1952.
  18. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1952.
  19. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1952. p. 84.
  20. ^ Official Collegiate Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1952.
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