1951 Trenton State Lions football team
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1951
| team = Trenton State Lions
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 6–0
| head_coach = George Ackerman
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
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{{1951 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1951 Trenton State Lions football team was an American football team that represented New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton, commonly known as Trenton State Teachers College (now known as The College of New Jersey) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach George Ackerman, the Lions compiled a perfect 6–0 record, held every opponent to seven points or less, and outscored all opponents by a total of 174 to 26. It was the first undefeated season in Trenton State history and came on the heels of an 11-year, 45-game losing streak that ended in 1949.{{cite news|title=Trenton State 11 Undefeated For 1st Time|newspaper=Paterson Evening News|date=November 9, 1951|page=28|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-trenton-state-11-undefeated-for/143712545/|via=Newspapers.com}}
The team's leaders included running back Mike Angelotti and quarterback Tibbet Csic.
The team played its home games in Trenton, New Jersey.
Schedule
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|September 29|at|{{cfb link|year=1951|team=King's Monarchs|title=King's (PA)}}|Plains Memorial Stadiumm|Wilkes-Barre, PA|W 20-7|{{cite news|title=King's Stars Hurt For Trenton Tilt at Plains|newspaper=Wilkes-Barre Record|date=September 29, 1951|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-leader-kings-stars-hurt-for-t/143721496/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 6||{{cfb link|year=1951|team=New Britain Blue Devils|title=New Britain}}|Hillwood Lakes Field|Trenton, NJ|W 19-7|{{cite news|title=Trenton Teachers Beat New Britain Blue Devils, 19-7|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=October 7, 1951|page=IV-4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-trenton-teachers-beat-n/144115886/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13|at|{{cfb link|year=1951|team=National Aggies|title=National Aggies}}||Doylestown, PA|W 33-0|
|October 20|at|{{cfb link|year=1951|team=New York Aggies|title=New York Aggies}}||Farmingdale, NY|W 47-0|{{cite news|title=Trenton Defeats L. I. Aggies|newspaper=The Farmingdale Post|date=October 25, 1951|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-farmingdale-post-trenton-defeats-l/143720267/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 3|at|{{cfb link|year=1951|team=Cheyney Wolves|title=Cheyney}}||Cheyney, PA|W 26-6|{{cite news|title=Trenton Teachers Rout Cheyney, 26-6|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 4, 1951|page=S5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-trenton-teache/143719920/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8||{{cfb link|year=1951|team=Montclair State Indians|title=Montclair State}}||Trenton, NJ|W 29-6|{{cite news|title=Trenton Ends Undefeated; Once Winless 11 Seasons|newspaper=Atlantic City Press|date=November 9, 1951|pages=23, 24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-trenton-ends-unde/144078610/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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