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1951 Pacific

6–⁠5.

Schedule and results

Pacific in 1951, game by game: won vs. Hardin Simmons 33–7; won vs. Loyola Marymount 41–28; won vs. Oregon 34–6; won vs. No. 16 Clemson 21–7; lost at Boston University 12–27; won vs. North Texas 34–0; won at Marquette 39–27; lost vs. Denver 33–35; lost vs. No. 14 San Francisco 14–47; lost at San José State 0–7; lost vs. Texas Tech 14–25+34−33Won 33–7 vs. Hardin Simmons+26Hardin SimmonsWon 41–28 vs. Loyola Marymount+13Loyola MarymountWon 34–6 vs. Oregon+28OregonWon 21–7 vs. No. 16 Clemson+14No. 16 ClemsonLost 12–27 at Boston University-15Boston Universi…Won 34–0 vs. North Texas+34North TexasWon 39–27 at Marquette+12MarquetteLost 33–35 vs. Denver-2DenverLost 14–47 vs. No. 14 San Francisco-33No. 14 San FranciscoLost 0–7 at San José State-7San José StateLost 14–25 vs. Texas Tech-11Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsHardin SimmonsW 33–⁠759%
Sep 29vsLoyola MarymountW 41–⁠2866%
Oct 6vsOregonW 34–⁠676%
Oct 13vs16ClemsonW 21–⁠749%
Oct 19atBoston UniversityL 12–⁠2763%
Oct 27vsNorth TexasW 34–⁠084%
Nov 2atMarquetteW 39–⁠2753%
Nov 10vsDenverL 33–⁠3574%
Nov 17vs14San FranciscoL 14–⁠4748%
Nov 23atSan José StateL 0–⁠771%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsTexas TechSun BowlL 14–⁠2543%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 25–⁠14 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 64 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 20
  2. Wk 4: 16
  3. Wk 7: 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
6–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
275–⁠216
Coach
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Elo
1488 −21 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
1.4 No. 59 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 2Eddie Macon BChicago Bears
Rd 5Keever Jankovich ECleveland Browns
Rd 6Duane Putnam OGLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Burt Delavan OTLos Angeles Rams

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

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