1951 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
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Conference | Independent |
1951 record | 5–5 |
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Home stadium | Ratcliffe Stadium (Capacity: 13,000) |
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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 |
The 1951 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State College[note 1] during the 1951 college football season. The Bulldogs competed as an Independent in the 1951 season.
The team was led by second-year head coach Duke Jacobs and played home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5).
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 22 | Cal Aggies[note 2] | W 27–0 | 2,000 | ||
September 29 | Pepperdine[note 3] |
| W 33–14 | 8,945 | |
October 6 | San Jose State[note 4] |
| L 6–32 | 11,155 | |
October 12 | Santa Barbara[note 5] |
| L 22–23 | 6,152 | |
October 20 | Cal Poly[note 6] |
| W 42–19 | 6,427 | |
October 27 | Occidental |
| W 27–6 | 6,393 | |
November 3 | San Diego State[note 7] |
| L 7–13[1] | 8,121 | |
November 10 | at Whittier |
| W 28–0 | 3,500 | |
November 17 | at North Texas State |
| L 0–62 | 5,000 | [2] |
November 24 | San Francisco State[note 8] |
| L 7–20 | 5,433 |
Team players in the NFL[]
No Fresno State Bulldogs were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft.[5][6]
Notes[]
- ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
- ^ University of California, Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922 to 1959. In common usage, the sports teams were called the "Cal Aggies" from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
- ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
- ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1958.
- ^ The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
- ^ San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
References[]
- ^ Howard Hagen (November 4, 1951). "Aztecs Subdue Fresno, 13 to 7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-2.
- ^ "North Texas State slaughters FSC Bulldogs, 62 to 0". The Fresno Bee. November 18, 1951. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "Fresno State Yearly Results". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "1952 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "Fresno St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 12, 2016.
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