The 1951 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1951 college football season.
The team was considered the best in the East, winning the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, and was ranked sixth nationally. Dick Kazmaier won the Heisman Trophy and was the nation's total offense leader in his senior year as well as the most accurate passer in the country.[1]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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| September 29 | NYU | No. 18 | | W 54–20 |
| October 6 | at Navy | No. 14 | | W 24–20 |
| October 13 | at Penn | No. 13 | | W 13–7 |
| October 20 | Lafayette | No. 9 | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| W 60–7 |
| October 27 | No. 12 Cornell | No. 8 | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| W 53–15 |
| November 3 | Brown | No. 6 | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| W 12–0 |
| November 10 | at Harvard | No. 4 | | W 54–13 |
| November 17 | Yale | No. 6 | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)
| W 27–0 |
| November 24 | Dartmouth | No. 5 | - Palmer Stadium
- Princeton, NJ
| W 13–0 |
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Team players drafted into the NFL[]
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
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Awards and honors[]
References[]
