1951 Temple Owls football team

The 1951 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its third season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 6–4 record and was outscored by a total of 176 to 168.^[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1951 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Albert Kawal (3rd season)
Home stadium	Temple 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

Temple was ranked at No. 98 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 0–19	18,000	[3]
September 29	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–14	8,500	[4]
October 6	Rutgers	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	5,000	[5]
October 13	Albright	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 47–6		[1]
October 20	at Delaware	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 13–7	8,300	[6]
October 26	Boston University	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 20–13	10,000	[7]
November 3	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 7–28	10,000	[8]
November 10	NYU	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 34–6	5,000	[9]
November 17	Fordham	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–35	7,500	[10]
November 24	at No. 16 Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–41	7,500	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1951 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
2. "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Reddy, Bill (September 22, 1951). "Orange Shatters Temple Football Jinx by 19-0 Score". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
4. O'Gara, Frank (September 30, 1951). "Temple Rally Beats Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Burns, Joe (October 7, 1951). "Temple, Aided by Fumbles, Hands Rutgers First Loss, 14-7". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Dell, John (October 21, 1951). "Temple Rallies, Beats Delaware for 4th Straight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. O'Gara, Frank (October 27, 1951). "Temple Tops Boston U. for 5th in Row, 20-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Baumgartner, Stan (November 4, 1951). "Bucknell Defeats Temple for 11th in Row". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. O'Gara, Frank (November 11, 1951). "Wuzzardo Tallies Twice as Temple Romps over NYU". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Mozley, Dana (November 18, 1951). "Rams Stuff Owls, 35-6; Hyatt, Franz, Sullivan Star". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Holbrook, Bob (November 25, 1951). "Holy Cross Backs Run Wild to Trounce Temple, 41-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.