1951 Pepperdine Waves football team

1951 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–4–1 (2–1–1 CCAA)
Head coach	Duck Dowell (1st season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium
Seasons ←  1950 1952  →

1951 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	1
Cal Poly	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Pepperdine	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Santa Barbara	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Los Angeles State	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1951 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College ^{[note 1]} as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1951 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Duck Dowell and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with an overall record of 5–4–1 and a mark of 2–1–1 in conference play, tying for second in the CCAA.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Fresno State	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 14–33	8,945	[1]
October 5	Point Mugu Navy [note 2] *	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 20–0
October 12	Terminal Island Navy [note 3] *	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 23–0
October 19	Redlands *	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 35–7
October 26	Cal Poly	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	T 7–7	2,000
November 3	at Loyola (CA) *	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 7–46	6,200
November 9	at Los Angeles State	Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)	W 16–13
November 16	San Diego State	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 6–27		[2]
November 24	BYU *	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–20
November 30	at Santa Barbara	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 26–6
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Team players in the NFL

The following Pepperdine players were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft. ^{[5] [6]}

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
Gerry Perry	Tackle - Defensive Tackle - Defensive End - Guard	29	349	Los Angeles Rams

Notes

1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
2. Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a Naval air station located in Ventura County, California from 1942 to 2000
3. Naval Air Station Terminal Island was one of several names for the Naval air station and repair facility located on Terminal Island in Los Angeles County, California from 1938 to 1997

References

1. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
2. Howard Hagen (November 17, 1951). "Aztecs Near Conference Title By Clipping Pepperdine, 27-6". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
3. "1951 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
4. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
5. "1952 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
6. "Pepperdine Players/Alumni" . Retrieved February 15, 2017.