1951 Princeton Tigers football team

1951 Princeton Tigers football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches	#6
AP	#6
1951 record	9-0-0 ( Ivy League)
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium (c. 42,000, grass)

The Princeton Tigers football team was considered the best in the East in 1951, and was sixth ranked nationally. Dick Kazmaier won the Heisman Trophy and was the nation's total offense leader in his senior year as well as the most accurate passer in the country. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result
Sept. 29	at New York University	W 54–20
Oct. 6	at Navy	W 24–20
Oct. 13	at University of Pennsylvania	W 13–7
Oct. 20	at Lafayette	W 60–7
Oct. 27	at Cornell	W 53–15
Nov. 3	at Brown	W 12– 0
Nov. 10	at Harvard	W 54–13
Nov. 17	at Yale	W 27–0
Nov. 24	at Dartmouth	W 13–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Dick Pivirotto	Back	15	174	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dick Kazmaier	Back	15	176	Chicago Bears

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Awards and honors

Dick Kazmaier, All-American
Dick Kazmaier, Heisman Trophy^[4]
Dick Kazmaier, Maxwell Award^[5]

References

↑ "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009.
↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=1&season=1951
↑ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
↑ "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
↑ "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-15.

Princeton Tigers football

Venues	University Field (1876–1913) Palmer Stadium (1914–1996) Princeton University Stadium (1997–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Legacy Bowl Harvard Penn Yale

Culture & lore	First American football game (painting) 1922 Chicago game The Tiger "Princeton Cannon Song" Winged football helmet

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

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