1951 Princeton Tigers football team

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1951 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
1951 record9–0
Head coach
CaptainDavid F. Hickok
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium (c. 42,000, grass)
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 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
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1951 college football season. The team was considered the best in the East, winning the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, and was ranked sixth nationally. Dick Kazmaier won the Heisman Trophy and was the nation's total offense leader in his senior year as well as the most accurate passer in the country.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29NYUNo. 18
W 54–2012,000[2]
October 6at NavyNo. 14
W 24–2021,000[3]
October 13at PennNo. 13
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 13–760,000[4]
October 20LafayetteNo. 9
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 60–715,000[5]
October 27No. 12 CornellNo. 8
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 53–1549,000[6]
November 3BrownNo. 6
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 12–021,000[7]
November 10at HarvardNo. 4
W 54–1322,000[8]
November 17YaleNo. 6
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 27–045,000[9]
November 24DartmouthNo. 5
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 13–027,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Dick Pivirotto Back 15 174 Pittsburgh Steelers
Dick Kazmaier Back 15 176 Chicago Bears

[11]

Awards and honors[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. Smothered by Tigers, 54-20". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. September 30, 1951. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Ward, Gene (October 10, 1951). "Tigers Turn Back Navy Rally to Triumph, 24-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 95 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 14, 1951). "Princeton Beats Penn, 13-7; Tigers Take No. 16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ "Princeton Tramples Lafayette, 60-7". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 21, 1951. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 28, 1951). "Princeton Routs Cornell, 53-15; 18 in Row for Tiger". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 4, 1951). "Tigers Halt Brown by 12-0 for 19 in Row and Tie Mark". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 11, 1951). "Tigers Roll to 20th in Row, Trimming Harvard by 54-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Ward, Gene (November 18, 1951). "Princeton Rips Yale, 27-0, for 5th Big 3". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 25, 1951). "Kazmaier Injured as Tigers Down Dartmouth for Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  12. ^ "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009.
  13. ^ "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. March 4, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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