1951 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

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1951 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record5–5–1 (3–3 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumOverall Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Murray State $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Eastern Kentucky 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Marshall 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Evansville 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tennessee Tech 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Western Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as

Tennessee Technological University–as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by Star Wood in his second and final season as head coach, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the OVC.[1] Tennessee Tech played home games at Overall Field in Cookeville, Tennessee
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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 152:00 p.m.at No. 6 Kentucky*
L 72–1326,000[2][3]
September 22
Carson–Newman*
Cookeville, TNW 42–6[4]
September 29Murray StateCookeville, TNL 7–205,000[5]
October 6at Morehead StateMorehead, KYW 17–14[6]
October 138:00 p.m.Eastern Kentucky
L 14–156,500[7][8]
October 202:00 p.m.Western KentuckyBowling Green, KYW 14–74,500[9][10][11][12]
October 272:00 p.m.at No. 1 Tennessee*
L 0–68[13][14]
November 3MarshallCookeville, TNL 13–20[15]
November 10at East Tennessee State*
W 33–0[16][17]
November 178:00 p.m.EvansvilleCookeville TNW 38–131,000[18][19][20]
November 222:00 p.m.at Middle Tennessee*
T 14–147,500[21][22]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. ^ "2022 OVC Football Media Guide". Ohio Valley Conference. August 19, 2022. p. 68. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
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  23. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  24. ^ "Tennessee Tech Football 2023 Media Guide". Tennessee Tech Athletics. p. 99. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
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