1951 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football team

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1951 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football
SDIC champion
Conference South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
Record8–0 (6–0 SDIC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Doug Blackwell
  • Ralph Teslow
Home stadium O'Harra Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
South Dakota Mines $ 6 –0 –08 –0 –0
Southern State (SD) 6 –1 –06 –1 –1
Black Hills 3 –1 –06 –2 –0
Northern State 3 –2 –04 –4 –0
Huron 3 –3 –05 –3 –0
Yankton 3 –3 –03 –4 –0
General Beadle 1 –4 –01 –5 –0
Sioux Falls 0 –5 –00 –7 –0
Dakota Wesleyan 0 –6 –00 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football team was an American football team that represented the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology as a member of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by Marvin Lewellyn in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Hardrockers compiled a perfect overall record of 8–0 with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, winning the SDIC title. They held opponents to seven or fewer points in seven games, including four shutouts, and outscored all opponents by a total of 158 to 34. [1] Right halfback Doug Blackwell and center Ralph Teslow were selected as the team's co-captains. [2] The team played its home games at O'Harra Stadium in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The 1951 team was inducted as a group in 2006 into the South Dakota Mines Athletic Hall of Fame. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Huron Huron, SD W 19–0 [4]
September 28 Dakota Wesleyan
W 32–6 [5] [6]
October 5 Southern State
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 22–7 [7] [8]
October 128:00 p.m. Valley City State *
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 19–14 [9] [10]
October 201:00 p.m.at General Beadle Madison, SD W 14–0 [11] [12]
October 268:00 p.m. Sioux Falls
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 26–0 [13] [14]
November 32:30 p.m.at Dickinson State * Dickinson, ND W 6–0 [15] [16]
November 122:00 p.m. Black Hills
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD (rivalry)
W 20–74,000 [17] [18]

[19]

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  2. ↑ "Blackwell, Teslow Elected Co-Captains Of Hardrockers". Rapid City Journal. November 16, 1951. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "1951 Hardrockers Football Team". South Dakota Mines Athletic Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ "'Rockers Stop Huron". The Rapid City Daily Journal . Rapid City, South Dakota. September 22, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved March 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  8. ↑ "Taut Defense, "Nickle-Dime' Offense Wins For 'Rockers". The Rapid City Daily Journal . Rapid City, South Dakota. October 6, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved March 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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