1951 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

1951 Gulf States Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1951 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
1951 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
Conference	Gulf States Conference
1951 record	6–4 (3–2 GSC)
Head coach	Raymond Didier (1st season);
Home stadium	McNaspy Stadium
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their first year under head coach Raymond Didier, the team compiled a 6–4 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 15	Northeast Louisiana State*	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	L 7–13	^[3]
September 22	at McNeese State*	Wildcat Stadium Lake Charles, LA (Cajun Crown)	W 35–14
September 29	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (Cypress Mug)	L 0–14
October 6	at Troy State*	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	W 44–7
October 13	Mississippi Southern	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	L 0–41	^[4]
October 20	Memphis State*	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	L 7–41	^[5]
October 27	at Stephen F. Austin*	Nacogdoches, TX	W 32–14
November 3	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA (rivalry)	W 7–27	^[6]
November 10	Louisiana College	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 27–21
November 17	Northwestern State	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 41–26
*Non-conference game

^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1952. pp. 150–161. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "Northeast upsets SLI Bulldogs 13–7". The Daily Advertiser. September 16, 1951. Retrieved May 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern takes 41–0 win over SLI". The Daily Advertiser. October 14, 1951. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Memphis State humbles SLI 41 to 7". The Daily Advertiser. October 21, 1951. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Underdog SLI overpowers Tech 34–7". The Daily Advertiser. November 4, 1951. Retrieved June 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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1951 Gulf States Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mississippi Southern $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Louisiana Tech	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Louisiana College	1	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion