1951 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7
Head coach
Home stadiumTriborough Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
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

The 1951 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1951 college football season.

In their second season under head coach Hugh Devore, the Violets compiled a 1–7 record, and were outscored 329–79.[1]

The team played two games at Triborough Stadium on Randalls Island in Manhattan. The rest of its schedule was on the road. NYU played no games at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, Bronx.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 at No. 18 Princeton
L 20–54 12,000 [2]
October 5 at Merchant Marine
W 21–13 [3]
October 13 Rutgers
L 0–55 6,000 [4]
October 20 at Holy Cross
L 6–53 8,000 [5]
October 27 at Lehigh
L 20–27 6,000 [6]
November 3 at Boston University
L 6–52 5,000 [7]
November 10 at Temple
L 6–34 5,000 [8]
November 24 vs. Fordham
  • Triborough Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 0–41 12,000 [9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1951 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. Smothered by Tigers, 54-20". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. September 30, 1951. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "NYU Slips Past Mariners, 21-13". Daily News. New York, N.Y. October 9, 1951. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Kieran, Chris (October 14, 1951). "NYU Dies for Dear Old Rutgers, 55-0". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 103 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 21, 1951). "Holy Cross Pulls Punches, but Belts N.Y.U., 53-6; Sowerby Running Star". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Beats NYU in Thriller, 25 to 20". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. October 28, 1951. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (November 4, 1951). "B.U. Buries N.Y.U., 52-6; Kastan Runs 76, 57 Yards for Scores". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ O'Gara, Frank (November 11, 1951). "Wuzzardo Tallies Twice as Temple Romps over NYU". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Turkin, Hy (November 25, 1951). "Rams Overpower NYU in Record 41-0 Rout". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 118 – via Newspapers.com.
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