1951 Morris Brown Wolverines football team

The 1951 Morris Brown Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented Morris Brown College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1951 college football season. In their second season under head coach Edward Clemons, the team compiled a 10–1 record, defeated Alcorn A&M in the Tropical Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 449 to 56.[2]

1951 Morris Brown Wolverines football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record10–1 (8–0 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHerndon Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Morris Brown $8001010
No. 10 Xavier (LA)510810
No. 3 Florida A&M410711
No. 22 Fisk520620
No. 23 South Carolina State420520
No. 12 Bethune–Cookman420720
No. 15 Benedict530730
No. 24 Tuskegee530630
Alabama A&M330350
Lane220340
Morehouse230340
Clark (GA)350350
Allen150370
Knoxville050081
Alabama State060080
Fort Valley State000180
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

The Morris Brown team was rated by the Pittsburgh Courier as the 1951 black college national champion, ahead of second-place Florida A&M and third-place Tennessee A&I.[3] The Associated Negro Press rated Morris Brown second behind North Carolina A&T but acknowledged that "Morris Brown has just as great a claim to the title because it was the nation's best offensive and defensive team."[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22TuskegeeW 66–0[5]
September 28Jackson*
  • Herndon Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 40–0[6]
October 6at Bethune–CookmanDaytona Beach, FLW 32–18
October 13at Florida A&MW 20–13
October 20Allen
  • Herndon Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 44–0
October 26at Fort Valley StateMacon, GAW 85–0
November 3at South Carolina StateOrangeburg, SCW 54–6
November 9at Tennessee A&I*Nashville, TNL 12–13
November 17Benedict
  • Herndon Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 25–0[7]
November 22Clark (GA)
  • Herndon Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 50–6
December 1Alcorn A&M*W 21–0[8]
  • *Non-conference game

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