1951 college football season

American college football season

1951 college football season

First AP No. 1 of season| Tennessee[1]
Number of bowls| 8
Champion(s)| Tennessee (AP, Coaches)
Heisman| Dick 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:

* Tennessee was unbeaten and untied in the regular season and was ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) coaches polls. The Volunteers then lost to No. 3 Maryland in the Sugar Bowl. The final polls were issued prior to the bowl games, leaving intact Tennessee's claim as AP and UP national champion. Tennessee's Hank Lauricella rushed for 881 yards and finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
* Maryland compiled a perfect 10–0 record, including a 28–13 victory over Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl. The Terrapins were ranked No. 3 in the final AP poll but were recognized as national champion by Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, National Championship Foundation, DeVold System, Dunkel System, and Sagarin Ratings. Maryland guard Bob Ward was a consensus All-American.
* Michigan State compiled a perfect 9–0 record, including victories over No. 7 Ohio State and No. 11 Notre Dame. The Spartans were ranked No. 2 in the final AP and UP polls, trailing Tennessee in the final AP poll by 139 first-place votes to 104. The Spartans were selected as national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Poling System. Michigan State tackle Don Coleman and end Bob Carey were consensus All-Americans.
* Georgia Tech compiled an 11–0–1 record, including a victory over No. 9 Baylor in the Orange Bowl. The Yellow Jackets were ranked No. 5 in the final AP and UP polls and were selected as national champion by Berryman (QPRS), Boand System, and Houlgate System.
* Illinois compiled a 9–0–1 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, and defeated No. 7 in the Rose Bowl. The Illini were ranked No. 3 in the final UP poll and were selected as co-national champion by Boand System. Illinois halfback Johnny Karras was a consensus All-American.

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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* Three conferences began play during the 1951 season:
* Central Church College Conference – active through the 1957 season
* Indiana Collegiate Conference \- active through the 1977 season
* Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – an active NAIA/NCAA Division II conference

### Membership changes

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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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### Major conference standings

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1951 Big Seven Conference football standings |

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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

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1951 Big Ten Conference football standings |

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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

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1951 Border Conference football standings |

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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

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1951 Mid-American Conference football standings |

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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

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1951 Middle Three Conference football standings |

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Lehigh $  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Rutgers | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Lafayette | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

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1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings |

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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

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1951 Skyline Conference football standings |

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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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1951 Southeastern Conference football standings |

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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

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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

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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

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### Independents

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1951 Eastern college football independents records  |

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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
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1951 Midwestern college football independents records  |

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Xavier |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 1
Wabash |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 1
No. 13 Notre Dame |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Dayton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Michigan Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
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  |

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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  |

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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

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Northwestern State | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1951 Hoosier Conference football standings |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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| Conf. |  |  | Overall

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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| Conf. |  |  | Overall

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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

1951 North Central Conference football standings |

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| Conf. |  |  | Overall

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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

1952 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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

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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

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Randolph–Macon | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Hampden–Sydney | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
Bridgewater | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0

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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

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* * – Did not qualify for conference standings
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[[{{{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

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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

## Rankings

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Main article: 1951 college 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

[18]

### Team

[edit]

#### Total offense

[edit]

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

Major college

Rank  | Team  | Yards
per game

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|

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

[19]

#### 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

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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

[edit]

* 1951 College Football All-America Team

## References

[edit]

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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