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1951 Alabama

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Drew.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1951, game by game: won vs. Delta State 89–0; lost vs. LSU 7–13; lost at Vanderbilt 20–22; lost vs. Villanova 18–41; lost vs. No. 2 Tennessee 13–27; won at Mississippi State 7–0; won at Georgia 16–14; won vs. Southern Miss 40–7; lost vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech 7–27; lost vs. Florida 21–30; won vs. Auburn 25–7+89−23Won 89–0 vs. Delta State+89Delta StateLost 7–13 vs. LSU-6LSULost 20–22 at Vanderbilt-2VanderbiltLost 18–41 vs. Villanova-23VillanovaLost 13–27 vs. No. 2 Tennessee-14No. 2 TennesseeWon 7–0 at Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Won 16–14 at Georgia+2GeorgiaWon 40–7 vs. Southern Miss+33Southern MissLost 7–27 vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech-20No. 7 Georgia TechLost 21–30 vs. Florida-9FloridaWon 25–7 vs. Auburn+18Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsDelta StateW 89–⁠094%
Sep 29vsLSUL 7–⁠1367%
Oct 6atVanderbiltL 20–⁠2259%
Oct 12vsVillanovaL 18–⁠4155%
Oct 20vs2TennesseeL 13–⁠2736%
Oct 27atMississippi StateW 7–⁠051%
Nov 3atGeorgiaW 16–⁠1447%
Nov 10vsSouthern MissW 40–⁠794%
Nov 17vs7Georgia TechL 7–⁠2743%
Nov 24vsFloridaL 21–⁠3062%
Dec 2vsAuburnW 25–⁠767%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Auburn 25–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
263–⁠188
Coach
Red Drew
Elo
1522 −93 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.2 No. 51 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jack Brown

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Bobby MarlowBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Red LutzEAP-2; UP-2
  • Jess RichardsonOGAP-2
  • Ralph CarriganLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠010–⁠11
LSU4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky3–⁠38–⁠415
Auburn3–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠56–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠5
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠54–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.