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1951 Tulane

4–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Henry Frnka.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1951, game by game: won vs. Miami 21–7; lost vs. No. 19 Baylor 14–27; won vs. No. 15 Holy Cross 20–14; lost at Ole Miss 6–25; lost vs. Auburn 0–21; lost vs. Mississippi State 7–10; lost vs. No. 12 Kentucky 0–37; won at Vanderbilt 14–10; won vs. SE Louisiana 48–7; lost at LSU 13–14+41−37Won 21–7 vs. Miami+14MiamiLost 14–27 vs. No. 19 Baylor-13No. 19 BaylorWon 20–14 vs. No. 15 Holy Cross+6No. 15 Holy CrossLost 6–25 at Ole Miss-19Ole MissLost 0–21 vs. Auburn-21AuburnLost 7–10 vs. Mississippi State-3Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–37 vs. No. 12 Kentucky-37No. 12 KentuckyWon 14–10 at Vanderbilt+4VanderbiltWon 48–7 vs. SE Louisiana+41SE LouisianaLost 13–14 at LSU-1LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsMiamiW 21–⁠759%
Oct 6vs19BaylorL 14–⁠2760%
Oct 13vs15Holy CrossW 20–⁠1468%
Oct 20atOle MissL 6–⁠2553%
Oct 27vsAuburnL 0–⁠2180%
Nov 3vsMississippi StateL 7–⁠1068%
Nov 10vs12KentuckyL 0–⁠3730%
Nov 17atVanderbiltW 14–⁠1035%
Nov 24vsSE LouisianaW 48–⁠792%
Dec 1atLSUL 13–⁠1433%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

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
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠172
Coach
Henry Frnka
Elo
1497 −106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.7 No. 54 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Richard Fugler, Jerome Helluin, Ellsworth Kingery and John McLean

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 5Dick Fugler OTChicago Cardinals

All-SEC

1 second 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).

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.