1951 Princeton Tigers football team
1951 Princeton Tigers football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 6 |
AP | No. 6 |
1951 record | 9-0-0 ( Ivy League) |
Head coach | Charlie Caldwell |
Home stadium | Palmer Stadium (c. 42,000, grass) |
The Princeton Tigers football team was considered the best in the East in 1951, and was sixth ranked 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
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
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Sept. 29 | at New York University | W 54–20 | |||||||
Oct. 6 | at Navy | W 24–20 | |||||||
Oct. 13 | at University of Pennsylvania | W 13–7 | |||||||
Oct. 20 | at Lafayette | W 60–7 | |||||||
Oct. 27 | at Cornell | W 53–15 | |||||||
Nov. 3 | at Brown | W 12– 0 | |||||||
Nov. 10 | at Harvard | W 54–13 | |||||||
Nov. 17 | Yale | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry) | W 27–0 | ||||||
Nov. 24 | at Dartmouth | W 13–0 | |||||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to 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 |
Awards and honors
References
- ↑ "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009.
- ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=1&season=1951
- ↑ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ↑ "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
- ↑ "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
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