1951 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops football team

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1951
Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record8–1 (6–0 OAC)
Head coach (5th season)
MVPDale Bruce
CaptainWally Cross
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio Wesleyan $ 6 0 0 8 1 0
Heidelberg
3 0 1 7 1 1
Mount Union 2 1 0 3 4 1
Muskingum
3 2 1 5 2 1
Denison
3 2 1 4 3 1
Oberlin 2 2 0 4 4 0
Otterbein
2 2 1 2 4 2
Wooster
2 3 0 6 3 0
Akron 1 3 0 1 8 0
Wittenberg 1 5 0 4 6 0
Capital
0 2 1 2 4 1
Marietta
0 3 1 2 4 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops football team represented Ohio Wesleyan University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Glenn Fraser, the Battling Bishops compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, winning the OAC title.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Bowling Green*
L 13–23[2]
September 29
Otterbein
Delaware, OHW 20–0[3]
October 5at Buffalo*W 21–03,300[4]
October 13
Case Tech*
Delaware, OHW 17–14[5]
October 20
Denison
Delaware, OHW 21–14[6][7]
October 27at OberlinOberlin, OHW 20–13[8]
November 3at Mount UnionAlliance, OHW 13–12[9][10]
November 102:00 p.m.at
Muskingum
New Concord, OHW 69–6[11][12]
November 17WittenbergDelaware, OHW 34–0[13][14]

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References

  1. ^ "2020 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Record Book" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference. 2020. p. 47. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
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  15. ^ "Ohio Wesleyan University 2023 Football Records" (PDF). Ohio Wesleyan University Athletics. p. 30. Retrieved February 16, 2024.