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1951 Georgia Tech

11–⁠0–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1951, game by game: won vs. SMU 21–7; won at Florida 27–0; won at No. 17 Kentucky 13–7; won vs. LSU 25–7; won vs. Auburn 27–7; won at Vanderbilt 8–7; tied vs. Duke 14–14; won vs. VMI 34–7; won at Alabama 27–7; won vs. Davidson 34–7; won vs. Georgia 48–6; won vs. No. 9 Baylor 17–14+42Won 21–7 vs. SMU+14SMUWon 27–0 at Florida+27FloridaWon 13–7 at No. 17 Kentucky+6No. 17 KentuckyWon 25–7 vs. LSU+18LSUWon 27–7 vs. Auburn+20AuburnWon 8–7 at Vanderbilt+1VanderbiltTied 14–14 vs. Duke0DukeWon 34–7 vs. VMI+27VMIWon 27–7 at Alabama+20AlabamaWon 34–7 vs. Davidson+27DavidsonWon 48–6 vs. Georgia+42GeorgiaWon 17–14 vs. No. 9 Baylor+3No. 9 Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsSMUW 21–⁠751%
Sep 29atFloridaW 27–⁠046%
Oct 6at17KentuckyW 13–⁠735%
Oct 13vsLSUW 25–⁠762%
Oct 20vsAuburnW 27–⁠785%
Oct 27atVanderbiltW 8–⁠763%
Nov 3vsDukeT 14–⁠1470%
Nov 10vsVMIW 34–⁠773%
Nov 17atAlabamaW 27–⁠757%
Nov 24vsDavidsonW 34–⁠795%
Dec 1vsGeorgiaW 48–⁠678%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9BaylorOrange BowlW 17–⁠1448%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Baylor 17–⁠14 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The tied 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 11
  2. Wk 3: 8
  3. Wk 4: 5
  4. Wk 5: 3
  5. Wk 6: 5
  6. Wk 7: 8
  7. Wk 8: 7
  8. Wk 9: 7
  9. Wk 10: 6
  10. Final: 5

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1951.

Southeastern Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Tennessee

Record
11–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 shared first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 3
Points
295–⁠90
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1719 +195 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.7 No. 5 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Lamar Wheat

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 2Ray Beck OGNew York Giants
Rd 3Lum Snyder OTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Lum SnyderOTAP-1
  • Darrell CrawfordQBAP-1; UP-1
  • thumb|Lamar WheatOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Ray BeckOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Buck MartinEAP-2; UP-2
  • Leon HardemanBAP-3; UP-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

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.