1951 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1951 Southern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1951 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1951 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southern Conference
1951 record	5–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rex Enright (11th season);
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium; (capacity: 34,000)
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their eleventh season under head coach Rex Enright, South Carolina compiled a 5–4 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 22	Duke	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 6–34
September 29	The Citadel	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 26–7
October 6	Furman	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 21–6
October 13	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 6–21
October 25	Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 20–0	^[2]
November 3	George Washington	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 14–20	^[3]
November 10	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 34–13
November 17	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 27–28
November 24	Wake Forest	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 21–6
*Non-conference game

^ "1951 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ "Defense is offense as birds shine". The Greenville News. October 26, 1951. p. 18. Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Colonials defeat Gamecocks, 20–14". Florence Morning News. November 4, 1951. Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1925) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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1951 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
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

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll