1951 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1951 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1951 record	5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Harold Drew (5th year)
Captain	Jack Brown
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium Cramton Bowl
Seasons « 1950 1952 »

1951 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	1
#1 Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
#15 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total Delta State 0 0 0 0 0 • #9 Alabama 21 14 28 26 89 Date: September 21 Location: Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL Game attendance: 9,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • LSU 0 6 7 0 13 #9 Alabama 0 0 7 0 7 Date: September 29 Location: Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL Game attendance: 32,169 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 7 6 0 7 20 • Vanderbilt 0 12 10 0 22 Date: October 6 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Game attendance: 25,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • Villanova 0 21 7 13 41 Alabama 0 0 6 12 18 Date: October 12 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 15,000 Source:

Third Saturday in October

1 2 3 4 Total • #2 Tennessee 0 7 7 13 27 Alabama 7 0 0 6 13 Date: October 20 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 44,000 Television network: ABC Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 7 0 0 7 Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 27 Location: Scott Field Starkville, MS Game attendance: 20,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 0 6 10 16 Georgia 0 7 0 7 14 Date: November 3 Location: Sanford Stadium Athens, GA Game attendance: 32,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi Southern 7 0 0 0 7 • Alabama 19 7 14 0 40 Date: November 10 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 13,000 Source:

The 1951 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1951 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 57th overall and 18th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham, Ladd Stadium in Mobile and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–5 in the SEC).

The Crimson Tide opened the season with an 89–0 victory over Delta State, and the 89 points were the most scored by an Alabama team since the 1922 squad defeated Marion Military Institute 110–0. However, the Tide followed the victory up with a four-game losing streak that included losses against LSU, Vanderbilt, Villanova and Tennessee. Alabama then evened its record at 4–4 with victories over Mississippi State, Georgia and Mississippi Southern, but then lost to Georgia Tech and Florida to secure their first losing season since 1903. The Crimson Tide then closed the season with a 25–7 victory over Auburn.

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