1951 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1951 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1951 record	7–3 (5–1 Big 7)
Head coach	Dallas Ward (4th season)
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons

1951 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#10 Oklahoma	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Colorado	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Missouri	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1951 college football season. Head coach Dallas Ward led the team to a 5–1 mark in the "Big 7" and 7–3 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Colorado State*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	W 28–13
September 29	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–35
October 6	No. 20 Kansas	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 35–27
October 13	Missouri	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 34–13
October 20	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 20–7
October 27	at Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 14–55
November 3	Iowa State	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 47–20
November 10	Utah*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rumble in the Rockies)	W 54–0
November 17	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 36–14
November 24	at No. 2 Michigan State*	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 7–45
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game