1951 Princeton Tigers football team

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]

1951 Princeton Tigers football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
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)

1951 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	NYU	No. 18	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 54–20	12,000	[2]
October 6	at Navy	No. 14	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 24–20	21,000	[3]
October 13	at Penn	No. 13	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 13–7	60,000	[4]
October 20	Lafayette	No. 9	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 60–7	15,000	[5]
October 27	No. 12 Cornell	No. 8	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 53–15	49,000	[6]
November 3	Brown	No. 6	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 12–0	21,000	[7]
November 10	at Harvard	No. 4	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 54–13	22,000	[8]
November 17	Yale	No. 6	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 27–0	45,000	[9]
November 24	Dartmouth	No. 5	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 13–0	27,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the 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

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Awards and honors

• Dick Kazmaier: Heisman Trophy,[12] Maxwell Award,[13] Consensus All-American

References

1. "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009.
2. "N.Y.U. Smothered by Tigers, 54-20". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. September 30, 1951. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Ward, Gene (October 10, 1951). "Tigers Turn Back Navy Rally to Triumph, 24-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 95 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Danzig, Allison (October 14, 1951). "Princeton Beats Penn, 13-7; Tigers Take No. 16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. "Princeton Tramples Lafayette, 60-7". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 21, 1951. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Danzig, Allison (October 28, 1951). "Princeton Routs Cornell, 53-15; 18 in Row for Tiger". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Effrat, Louis (November 4, 1951). "Tigers Halt Brown by 12-0 for 19 in Row and Tie Mark". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Effrat, Louis (November 11, 1951). "Tigers Roll to 20th in Row, Trimming Harvard by 54-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Ward, Gene (November 18, 1951). "Princeton Rips Yale, 27-0, for 5th Big 3". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 25, 1951). "Kazmaier Injured as Tigers Down Dartmouth for Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
12. "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009.
13. "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. March 4, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.