1951 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1951
| team = Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Ohio Valley Conference
| short_conf = OVC
| record = 5–5–1
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = Star Wood
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium = Overall Field
}}
{{1951 Ohio Valley Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web |author= |title=2022 OVC Football Media Guide |url=https://ovcsports.com/news/2022/8/17/2022-ovc-football-media-guide-now-available.aspx |publisher=Ohio Valley Conference |date=August 19, 2022 |page=68 |access-date=March 1, 2024 }} Tennessee Tech played home games at Overall Field in Cookeville, Tennessee.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1951
| poll = AP
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Kentucky
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = McLean Stadium
| site_cityst = Lexington, KY
| score = 72–13
| attend = 26,000
| source = {{cite news |last=Ashford |first=Ed |title=Kentucky Opens 1951 Football Season Against Tennessee Tech Here Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/142457109/ |newspaper=The Lexington Herald |location=Lexington, Kentucky |date=September 15, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94692792/kentucky-steamrollers-poor-tpi-72-to-13/|work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|title=Kentucky steamrollers poor TPI, 72 to 13|date=September 16, 1951|accessdate=February 10, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN
| score = 42–6
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=TPI Smashes C-N Eagles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel/142455216/ |newspaper=The Knoxville News-Sentinel |location=Knoxville, Tennessee |date=September 23, 1951 |page=B16 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = l
| opponent = Murray State
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN
| score = 7–20
| attend = 5,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Murray Tops Tech 20-7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91537044/the-paducah-sun/ |newspaper=The Paducah Sun-Democrat |location=Paducah, Kentucky |date=September 30, 1951 |page=15 |access-date=December 31, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Morehead State
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Morehead, KY
| score = 17–14
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Tennessee Tech Defeats Morehead 17 to 14 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/142421280/ |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, Kentucky |agency=Associated Press |date=October 7, 1951 |page=5, section 2 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Eastern Kentucky
| site_stadium = Overall Field
| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN
| score = 14–15
| attend = 6,500
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=TPI Fete Will Draw 11 Bands |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/142453394/ |newspaper=Nashville Banner |location=Nashville, Tennessee |date=October 12, 1951 |page=20 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Eastern Maroons Score Over TPI Eleven, 15-14 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/141721300/ |newspaper=Sunday Herald-Leader |location=Lexington, Kentucky |agency=Associated Press |date=October 14, 1951 |page=13 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Western Kentucky
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Bowling Green, KY
| score = 14–7
| attend = 4,500
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Western Opposes Tech In Homecoming Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/142455529/ |newspaper=The Park City Daily News |location=Bowling Green, Kentucky |date=October 19, 1951 |page=11 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Toppers Rate (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/142455668/ |newspaper=The Park City Daily News |location=Bowling Green, Kentucky |date=October 19, 1951 |page=14 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Tennessee Tech Wrecks Topper Title Hopes By 14-7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/142455764/ |newspaper=The Park City Daily News |location=Bowling Green, Kentucky |date=October 21, 1951 |page=8 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Eagles Passes (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/142455860/ |newspaper=The Park City Daily News |location=Bowling Green, Kentucky |date=October 21, 1951 |page=12 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Tennessee
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Shields–Watkins Field
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| score = 0–68
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Vols Reach Half-Way Mark With TPI Eagles Here Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal/142456805/ |newspaper=The Knoxville Journal |location=Knoxville, Tennessee |date=October 27, 1951 |page=9 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94696501/tennessee-rolls-up-680-win-over-tech/|work=Johnson City Press|title=Tennessee rolls up 68–0 win over Tech|date=October 28, 1951|accessdate=February 10, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = l
| opponent = Marshall
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN
| score = 13–20
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Marshall Victor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph/142456258/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |date=November 4, 1951 |page=2, part 3 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = East Tennessee State
| site_stadium = State College Stadium
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 33–0
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=ET State Bucs Entertain TPI |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142337431/ |newspaper=Bristol Herald Courier |location=Bristol, Virginia |date=November 9, 1951 |page=9 |access-date=February 26, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=T. P. I. Easily Whips East Tennessee State 33 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/142337214/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press-Chronicle |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=November 11, 1951 |page=2B |access-date=February 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Evansville
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Cookeville TN
| score = 38–13
| attend = 1,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title= Aces End Grid Season Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-press/142437443/ |newspaper=The Evansville Press |location=Evansville, Indiana |date=November 17, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Tennessee Tech Smothers Evansville College, 38 To 13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press/142437508/ |newspaper=The Sunday Courier and Press |location=Evansville, Indiana |date=November 18, 1951 |page=1C |access-date=February 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Aces Lose (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press/142437582/ |newspaper=The Sunday Courier and Press |location=Evansville, Indiana |date=November 18, 1951 |page=4C |access-date=February 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| site_stadium = Horace Jones Field
| site_cityst = Murfreesboro, TN
| score = 14–14
| attend = 7,500
| source = {{cite news |last=Williams |first=F. M. |title=MTSC, Tennessee Tech Play Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/142456601/ |newspaper=The Nashville Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |date=November 22, 1951 |page=17 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Williams |first=F. M. |title=Raiders Tie Eagles 14-14 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/142453394/ |newspaper=The Nashville Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |date=November 23, 1951 |page=42 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/692/stats/13324 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=March 1, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Tennessee Tech Football 2023 Media Guide |url=https://tennesseetech.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2023-24/files/2023_Tennessee_Tech_Football_Media_Guide_web.pd |publisher=Tennessee Tech Athletics |page=99 |access-date=March 1, 2024 }}
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