1951 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

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1951 North Carolina A&T Aggies football
Conference Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1951 record7–1–1 (5–1 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
 1950
1952 
1951 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Virginia State $501621
North Carolina A&T 510711
North Carolina College 511721
Virginia Union 540550
Lincoln (PA) 420620
Virginia State 530530
Hampton 440540
Winston-Salem State 420440
Howard 540540
Morgan State 340350
Bluefield State 330360
Johnson C. Smith 340350
Delaware State 240270
St. Augustine's 250360
Shaw 180190
Saint Paul's (VA) 070080
  • $ Conference champion

The 1951 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team was an American football team that represented the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1951 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach William M. Bell, the Aggies compiled a 7–1–1 record (5–1 in conference play) and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 58. [1] The team was also selected by the "Pigskin Huddle" published by the Associated Negro Press as the black college national champion. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 15 Wilberforce State * Greensboro, NC W 27–12
September 21at Allen * Columbia, SC W 35–0
September 29at Virginia Union Norfolk, VA W 14–0
October 6 Hampton Greensboro, NCW 20–7
October 13 Shaw Greensboro, NCW 33–7
October 27at Morgan State Baltimore, MD W 31–6
November 3 Florida A&M *Greensboro, NCT 7–7
November 10at Virginia State Petersburg, VA L 9–13
November 22 North Carolina College Greensboro, NCW 13–6
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "North Carolina A&T Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. "Pigskin Huddle". The Afro-American. December 15, 1951. p. 15.