1951 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

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1951 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Conference North State Conference
Record6–3 (3–3 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadium College Field
Seasons
  1950
1952  
1951 North State Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 6 0 010 1 0
Elon 4 2 06 3 0
Catawba 3 2 05 5 0
Appalachian State 3 3 06 3 0
East Carolina 1 4 04 6 0
Western Carolina 1 4 03 6 0
Guilford 1 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1951 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as Appalachian State University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their only year under head coach Pres Mull, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished fourth in the NSC.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15vs. Guilford W 20–05,000 [1]
September 22 Western Carolina W 26–6 [2]
September 29at Elon
L 6–20 [3]
October 67:00 p.m. Lenoir Rhyne
  • College Field
  • Boone, NC
L 0–206,500 [4] [5] [6]
October 13vs. Catawba
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 0–2 [7]
October 26at Tampa *W 14–139,000 [8]
November 3at East Carolina W 24–20 [9]
November 10 Erskine *
  • College Field
  • Boone, NC
W 20–0 [10]
November 17 Newberry *
  • College Field
  • Boone, NC
W 18–6 [11]

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  10. "Erskine lowered by Appalachian, 20 to 0". The Greenville News. November 11, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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