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1951 Cornell Big Red football team

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The 1951 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored its opponents 207 to 139. Vic Pujo was the team captain.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Headcoach
CaptainVic Pujo
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1951 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainVic Pujo
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1950
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1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
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Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Syracuse No. 20
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–14 25,000 [2]
October 6 at Colgate W 41–18 12,000 [3]
October 13 Harvard No. 17
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 42–6 20,000 [4]
October 20 at Yale No. 14 W 27–0 30,000 [5]
October 27 at No. 8 Princeton No. 12 L 15–53 49,000 [6]
November 3 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 20–21 21,000 [7]
November 10 Michigan
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 20–7 35,300 [8]
November 17 at Dartmouth W 21–13 14,000 [9]
November 24 at Penn L 0–7 40,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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