1951 Princeton Tigers football team
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1951 Princeton Tigers football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Ranking | |
Coaches | #6 |
AP | #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 | at Yale | 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
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