1951 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1951 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Paul Bixler (5th season)
Captain	William Owens
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons ←  1950 1952  →

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	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
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Paul Bixler, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 187 to 184. William Owens was the team captain. ^{[1] [2]}

Colgate was ranked at No. 94 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings. ^[3]

The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Buffalo	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 47–13	26,126	[4]
October 6	Cornell	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 18–41	12,000	[5]
October 13	at Western Reserve	Clarke Field Cleveland, OH	W 28–7	6,500	[6]
October 20	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 32–14	10,000	[7]
October 27	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–27	20,000	[8]
November 3	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–34	5,000	[9]
November 10	Bucknell	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 20–21		[1]
November 17	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–9	34,000	[10]
November 24	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 26–21	8,000	[11]

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1951 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Colgate Routs Buffalo, 47-13; Raiders Spot Bulls 13 Points". The Sunday Press . Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. September 30, 1951. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com.
5. Slattery, Jack (October 7, 1951). "12,000 See Cornell Rout Colgate, 41-18". The Sunday Press . Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Colgate 11 Trims Western Reserve". The Coshocton Tribune . Coshocton, Ohio. United Press. October 14, 1951. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Colgate Shows Way to Brown's Eleven as Stratton's Passes Spark the Attack". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 21, 1951. p. S4.
8. Cline, Frank (October 28, 1951). "Yale Defeats Colgate, 27-7, to Regain Winning Form". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Nason, Jerry (November 4, 1951). "Holy Cross Defensive Stalwarts Rout Colgate 34 to 6". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Warner, Dave (November 18, 1951). "Orange Outbattles Colgate on Muddy Field, 9-0". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
11. Burns, Joe (November 25, 1951). "Rutgers Defeated by Colgate, 26-21, in Grid Finale". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.