1951 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1951 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1951 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Charlie Caldwell, the team played its home games on campus at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. The independent Tigers won all nine games and were considered the best team in the East, winning the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, and finished sixth in both major polls.

1951 Princeton Tigers football
Eastern champion
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	9–0
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (7th season)
Captain	David F. Hickok
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

Senior back Dick Kazmaier was a consensus All-American and won the Heisman Trophy by a wide margin;^[1][2] he was the nation's total offense leader and most accurate passer.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	NYU	No. 18	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 54–20	12,000	[4]
October 6	at Navy	No. 14	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 24–20	21,000	[5]
October 13	at Penn	No. 13	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 13–7	60,000	[6]
October 20	Lafayette	No. 9	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 60–7	15,000	[7]
October 27	No. 12 Cornell	No. 8	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 53–15	49,000	[8]
November 3	Brown	No. 6	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 12–0	21,000	[9]
November 10	at Harvard	No. 4	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 54–13	22,000	[10]
November 17	Yale	No. 6	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 27–0	45,000	[11]
November 24	Dartmouth	No. 5	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 13–0	27,000	[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors

• Dick Kazmaier: Heisman Trophy,^[1][2][13] Maxwell Award,^[14] consensus All-American

NFL Draft

Two Tigers were selected in the 1952 NFL draft, held on January 17.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Dick Pivirotto	Back	15	174	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dick Kazmaier	Back	15	176	Chicago Bears

Source:^[15]

References

1. "Dick Kazmeier wins Heisman award". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 5, 1951. p. 37.
2. "Kazmeier wins Heisman Trophy". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 5, 1951. p. 49.
3. "1951 Heisman Trophy Award". Heisman. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009.
4. "N.Y.U. Smothered by Tigers, 54-20". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. September 30, 1951. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Ward, Gene (October 10, 1951). "Tigers Turn Back Navy Rally to Triumph, 24-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 95 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Danzig, Allison (October 14, 1951). "Princeton Beats Penn, 13-7; Tigers Take No. 16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. "Princeton Tramples Lafayette, 60-7". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 21, 1951. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Danzig, Allison (October 28, 1951). "Princeton Routs Cornell, 53-15; 18 in Row for Tiger". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Effrat, Louis (November 4, 1951). "Tigers Halt Brown by 12-0 for 19 in Row and Tie Mark". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. Effrat, Louis (November 11, 1951). "Tigers Roll to 20th in Row, Trimming Harvard by 54-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
11. Ward, Gene (November 18, 1951). "Princeton Rips Yale, 27-0, for 5th Big 3". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 25, 1951). "Kazmaier Injured as Tigers Down Dartmouth for Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
13. "Heisman Winners". Heisman. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009.
14. "College Football Awards - Maxwell Award". Football.about.com. March 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
15. "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2014.