1951 Dayton Flyers football team

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1951 Dayton Flyers football
Salad Bowl, L 21–26 vs. Houston
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumUniversity of Dayton Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Michigan State   –   9 – 0 – 0
Xavier   –   9 – 0 – 1
Wabash   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 13 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 1
Dayton   –   7 – 3 – 0
Toledo   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington University   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wayne   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bowling Green   –   4 – 4 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 6 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace
   –   3 – 5 – 0
John Carroll   –   3 – 6 – 0
Rose Poly
   –   2 – 5 – 0
Youngstown
   –   2 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Joe Gavin, the Flyers compiled a 7–3 record and lost to Houston in the 1952 Salad Bowl.[1] The team was ranked at No. 71 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Quantico Marines
W 21–14
September 30St. Bonaventure
  • UD Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
W 35–14[3]
October 5at
Youngstown
W 27–7
October 13Toledo
  • UD Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
W 47–7
October 20Chattanooga
  • UD Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
W 21–6[4]
October 28at Xavier
L 0–2017,261[5]
November 4at John CarrollCleveland, OHW 36–0
November 10Miami (OH)
  • UD Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
L 20–21
November 17at Marshall
W 34–13
January 1, 1952vs.
Montgomery Stadium
  • Phoenix, AZ (Salad Bowl
    • )    		L 21–2617,000

    References

    1. ^ "2018 Dayton Flyers Media Guide" (PDF). University of Dayton. 2018. p. 15.
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