1951 Xavier Musketeers football team

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1951 Xavier Musketeers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumXavier 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 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ed Kluska, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 305 to 46.[1] The team was ranked at No. 24 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

The team played its home games at Xavier Stadium in Cincinnati.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Quantico MarinesW 12–713,500[3]
September 23at St. BonaventureW 40–69,500[4]
September 29at
Camp Lejeune
Jacksonville, NCT 7–7[5]
October 6at Miami (OH)W 32–1413,000[6]
October 13
Youngstown
  • Xavier Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 48–0[7]
October 19at
duPont Manual Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
  • W 47–66,000[8]
    October 28Dayton
    • Xavier Stadium
    • Cincinnati, OH
    W 20–017,261[9]
    November 10John Carroll
    • Xavier Stadium
    • Cincinnati, OH
    W 41–0[10]
    November 17at Cincinnati
    W 26–0> 30,000[11]
    November 22Toledo
    • Xavier Stadium
    • Cincinnati, OH
    W 32–66,500[12]

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