1951 Northeastern Huskies football team

1951 Northeastern Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
CaptainSal Lombardo
Home stadiumKent Street Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Susquehanna   –   6 – 0 – 0
Trenton State   –   6 – 0 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 19 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Boston University   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 5 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 0
Army   –   2 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 7 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1951 college football season. It was the program's 16th season and they finished with an undefeated record of 6–0–1.[1][2] Their head coach was Joe Zabilski and their captain was Sal Lombardo.[2] The quarterback was John Connelly.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 22Rhode Island
W 21–0
September 29at American InternationalSpringfield, MAW 27–20
October 6Tufts
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 39–7
October 13at ColbyWaterville, MEW 33–0
October 20Bates
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 41–13
October 27UMass
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 20–7
November 3at Coast GuardNew London, CTT 13–13

References

  1. ^ "1951 Northeastern Huskies football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Results: 1951". NUHuskies.com. Northeastern University. 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Pave, Marvin (August 26, 2013). "John 'Tinker' Connelly, 85, three-sport star, NU coach". Boston Globe. Retrieved March 18, 2024.


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