1951 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1951 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record2–7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
(Capacity: 18,155)
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Western college football independents records
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 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 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1951 college football season.

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1951. The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Bronzan and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins, seven losses and one tie (2–7–1). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 106–222 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21at San Francisco
L 2–39
September 29at Stanford
L 13–26
October 6at Fresno State[note 2]
W 32–611,155[1]
October 12San Francisco
L 7–42
October 20at Idaho
L 7–40
October 26Loyola (CA)[note 3]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
L 12–13
November 3San Diego Navy[note 4]
L 12–28
November 17Santa Clara
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
T 7–7
November 23Pacific (CA)[note 5]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
W 7–0
December 1Marquette
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
L 7–21

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Team players in the NFL[]

No San Jose State players were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft.[4][5]

The following finished their San Jose State career in 1951, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player Position First NFL team
Bob Sykes Fullback 1952 Washington Redskins

Notes[]

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
  3. ^ Loyola Marymount University was known as Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1930 to 1973.
  4. ^ The Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.
  5. ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.

References[]

  1. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "San Jose State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 1, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "1952 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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