1951 Princeton Tigers football team

1951 Princeton Tigers football
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
Sept. 29 at New York University W 5420  
Oct. 6 at Navy W 2420  
Oct. 13 at University of Pennsylvania W 137  
Oct. 20 at Lafayette W 607  
Oct. 27 at Cornell W 5315  
Nov. 3 at Brown W 12 0  
Nov. 10 at Harvard W 5413  
Nov. 17 Yale Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ (Rivalry) W 270  
Nov. 24 at Dartmouth W 130  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

[2]

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

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Awards and honors

References

  1. "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009.
  2. http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=1&season=1951
  3. "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  4. "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
  5. "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
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