1951 Miami

8–⁠3, coached by Andy Gustafson.

Schedule and results

Miami in 1951, game by game: lost at Tulane 7–21; won vs. Florida State 35–13; won vs. Purdue 7–0; won vs. Washington and Lee 32–12; won vs. Ole Miss 20–7; lost at No. 14 Kentucky 0–32; won vs. Chattanooga 34–7; won vs. Florida 21–6; won vs. Nebraska 19–7; lost vs. Pittsburgh 7–21; won vs. Clemson 14–0+27−32Lost 7–21 at Tulane-14TulaneWon 35–13 vs. Florida State+22Florida StateWon 7–0 vs. Purdue+7PurdueWon 32–12 vs. Washington and Lee+20Washington and …Won 20–7 vs. Ole Miss+13Ole MissLost 0–32 at No. 14 Kentucky-32No. 14 KentuckyWon 34–7 vs. Chattanooga+27ChattanoogaWon 21–6 vs. Florida+15FloridaWon 19–7 vs. Nebraska+12NebraskaLost 7–21 vs. Pittsburgh-14PittsburghWon 14–0 vs. Clemson+14Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29atTulaneL 7–⁠2141%
Oct 5vsFlorida StateW 35–⁠1395%
Oct 12vsPurdueW 7–⁠072%
Oct 19vsWashington and LeeW 32–⁠1259%
Oct 26vsOle MissW 20–⁠765%
Nov 3at14KentuckyL 0–⁠3236%
Nov 9vsChattanoogaW 34–⁠786%
Nov 17vsFloridaW 21–⁠670%
Nov 30vsNebraskaW 19–⁠784%
Dec 7vsPittsburghL 7–⁠2183%
Jan 1vsClemsonGator BowlW 14–⁠044%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 14–⁠0 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 96 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 19

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.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
196–⁠126
Coach
Andy Gustafson
Elo
1612 +21 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
8.1 No. 35 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 1Jim Dooley BChicago Bears