The 1951 Butler Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Butler University as a member of the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Tony Hinkle, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 4–4–1 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the ICC.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Valparaiso	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)	L 7–41	4,000	[2]
September 29	Western Reserve*	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	W 7–6	3,000	[3]
October 6	at Wabash*	Crawfordsville, IN	T 26–26		[4]
October 13	Ball State	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	W 20–14	3,000	[5]
October 20	at Saint Joseph's (IN)	Rensselaer, IN	L 6–12		[6]
October 27	Evansville	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	W 27–12	1,500	[7]
November 3	Western Michigan*	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	L 0–20		[8]
November 10	at Washington University*	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	L 13–20	2,000	[9][10]
November 17	at Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 14–7		[11][12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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