1951 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1951 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their eleventh season under head coach Rex Enright, South Carolina compiled a 5–4 record.[1]

1951 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1951 record5–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(capacity: 34,000)
1951 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Maryland + 5 0 010 0 0
VMI + 5 0 07 3 0
Washington and Lee 5 1 06 4 0
William & Mary 5 1 07 3 0
No. 19 Clemson 3 1 07 3 0
Duke 4 2 05 4 1
South Carolina 5 3 06 4 0
Wake Forest 5 3 06 4 0
George Washington 2 3 12 6 1
North Carolina 2 3 02 8 0
West Virginia 2 3 05 5 0
NC State 2 6 03 7 0
Richmond 2 6 03 8 0
The Citadel 1 3 04 6 0
Furman 1 4 13 6 1
Davidson 1 5 01 8 0
VPI 1 7 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22DukeL 6–3428,000
September 29The Citadel
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 26–7
October 6Furman
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 21–6
October 13at North CarolinaL 6–21
October 25Clemson
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
W 20–035,000[2]
November 3George Washington
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 14–20[3]
November 10at West VirginiaW 34–13
November 17at Virginia*L 27–28
November 24Wake Forest
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 21–618,000
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1951 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. "Defense is offense as birds shine". The Greenville News. October 26, 1951. p. 18. Retrieved August 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Colonials defeat Gamecocks, 20–14". Florence Morning News. November 4, 1951. Retrieved August 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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