1951 Princeton Tigers football team

1951 Princeton Tigers football
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 6
AP No. 6
1951 record 9–0
Head coach Charlie Caldwell (7th season)
Captain David F. Hickok
Home stadium Palmer Stadium (c. 42,000, grass)

The 1951 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1951 college football season. The team was considered the best in the East, winning the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, and was ranked sixth 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 Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 29 NYU No. 18 Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 54–20  
October 6 at Navy No. 14 Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 24–20  
October 13 at Penn No. 13 Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 13–7  
October 20 Lafayette No. 9 Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 60–7  
October 27 No. 12 Cornell No. 8 Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 53–15  
November 3 Brown No. 6 Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 12–0  
November 10 at Harvard No. 4 Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA (rivalry) W 54–13  
November 17 Yale No. 6 Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry) W 27–0  
November 24 Dartmouth No. 5 Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 13–0  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Dick PivirottoBack15174Pittsburgh Steelers
Dick KazmaierBack15176Chicago Bears

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009.
  2. ↑ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009.
  4. ↑ "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. March 4, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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