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1951 Texas

7–⁠3 (3–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Edwin Price.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1951, game by game: won vs. Kentucky 7–6; won at Purdue 14–0; won vs. North Carolina 45–20; won vs. No. 11 Oklahoma 9–7; lost at Arkansas 14–16; won vs. Rice 14–6; won at SMU 20–13; lost vs. No. 16 Baylor 6–18; won vs. No. 13 TCU 32–21; lost at Texas A&M 21–22+25−12Won 7–6 vs. Kentucky+1KentuckyWon 14–0 at Purdue+14PurdueWon 45–20 vs. North Carolina+25North CarolinaWon 9–7 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma+2No. 11 OklahomaLost 14–16 at Arkansas-2ArkansasWon 14–6 vs. Rice+8RiceWon 20–13 at SMU+7SMULost 6–18 vs. No. 16 Baylor-12No. 16 BaylorWon 32–21 vs. No. 13 TCU+11No. 13 TCULost 21–22 at Texas A&M-1Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsKentuckyW 7–⁠658%
Sep 29atPurdueW 14–⁠071%
Oct 6vsNorth CarolinaW 45–⁠2078%
Oct 13vs11OklahomaW 9–⁠753%
Oct 20atArkansasL 14–⁠1671%
Oct 27vsRiceW 14–⁠671%
Nov 3atSMUW 20–⁠1364%
Nov 10vs16BaylorL 6–⁠1870%
Nov 17vs13TCUW 32–⁠2168%
Nov 29atTexas A&ML 21–⁠2262%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 22–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The tied 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 10
  6. Wk 6: 12
  7. Wk 7: 10
  8. Wk 8: 15
  9. Wk 9: 14
  10. Wk 10: 16

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
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
182–⁠129
Coach
Edwin Price
Elo
1682 +21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.9 No. 11 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 3Bobby Dillon BGreen Bay Packers
Rd 4Don Menasco ENew York Giants

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Tom StolhandskeEUP-2
  • June DavisOGUP-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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU5–⁠16–⁠511
Baylor4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠19
Texas3–⁠37–⁠3
Rice3–⁠35–⁠5
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Texas A&M1–⁠3–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
SMU1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

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