1951 Tulane Green Wave football team

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

1951 Tulane Green Wave football
1951 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1951 record	4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Henry Frnka (6th season);
Captain	Richard Fugler, Jerome Helluin, Ellsworth Kingery, John McLean
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium; (capacity: 80,735)
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Henry Frnka, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 4–6 and a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the SEC.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Miami (FL)*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 21–7
October 6	No. 19 Baylor*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 14–27
October 13	No. 15 Holy Cross*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 20–14	30,000	^[1]
October 20	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 6–25
October 27	Auburn	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	L 0–21
November 3	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 7–10
November 10	No. 12 Kentucky	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–37
November 17	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 14–10
November 24	Southeastern Louisiana*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 48–7
December 1	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	L 13–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ Nason, Jerry (October 14, 1951). "Tulane Catches Holy Cross, 20-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] Nason, Jerry (October 14, 1951). "Tulane Catches Holy Cross, 20-14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.

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1951 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	1
No. 1 Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 15 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Florida	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll