1951 Pacific Tigers football team

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1951 Pacific Tigers football
Sun Bowl, L 14–25 vs Texas Tech
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Western college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 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

The 1951 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1951 college football season. Pacific played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California.

Pacific competed as an independent in 1951. In their first season under head coach Ernie Jorge, the Tigers finished the regular season with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4) and were ranked as high as #16 during the season. At the end of the season, Pacific was invited to a New Years Day bowl game for the second time in their history (also at the end of the 1946 season). On January 1, 1952, they played Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl, losing 25–14. That brought their record to six wins and five losses (6–5). For the season they outscored their opponents 275–216.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Hardin–Simmons
W 33–7
September 29Loyola (CA)[note 3]
W 41–28
October 6Oregon
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 34–6
October 13No. 16 ClemsonNo. 20
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 21–7
October 19at Boston UniversityNo. 16
L 12–27
October 27North Texas State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 34–013,100[1]
November 2at Marquette
W 39–27
November 10DenverNo. 19
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 33–35
November 17No. 14 San Francisco
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 14–47
November 23at San Jose State[note 4]
L 0–7
January 1at Texas Tech
L 14–2517,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL[]

The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Eddie Macon Defensive back – Halfback 2 20 Chicago Bears
Keever Jankovich Linebacker – Defensive end 5 60 Cleveland Browns
Duane Putnam Guard 6 66 Los Angeles Rams
Burt Delavan Tackle 7 85 Los Angeles Rams
Tom McCormick Halfback 8 97 Los Angeles Rams

Notes[]

  1. ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
  2. ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
  3. ^ Loyola Marymount University was known as Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1930 to 1973.
  4. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ "Cop Tigers bowl over North Texas State; Win intersectional 34–0". Napa Journal. October 28, 1951. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1951 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "1952 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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