| 1951 Maine Black Bears football | |
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Yankee Conference champion MIAA champion | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference, Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 6–0–1 (3–0–1 Yankee, 3–0 MIAA) |
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| Captain | Peter Pocius Jr. |
| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Maine $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1951 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record (3–0–1 against Yankee Conference and 3–0 against MIAA opponents) and won the Yankee Conference and MIAA championships. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Peter Pocius Jr. was the team captain. [1]
The team's statistical leaders included halfback Ed Bogdanovich with 562 rushing yards; quarterback Gene Sturgeon with 185 passing yards; and end Bob Whytock with 239 receiving yards. Bogdanovich and fullback Gordon Pendleton tied with 30 points each. [2]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 29 | Rhode Island |
| W 12–0 | |
| October 6 | Vermont |
| W 42–0 | [3] |
| October 13 | at New Hampshire | T 0–0 | ||
| October 20 | Connecticut |
| W 49–19 | |
| October 27 | at Bates | W 26–7 | ||
| November 3 | at Colby |
| W 24–0 | |
| November 10 | Bowdoin |
| W 40–14 |
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