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1951 BYU Cougars football team

The 1951 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their third season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 2–3–1 against conference opponents, finished fifth in the Skyline, and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 184.^[1][2]

Ray Oliverson was the team captain. He was also selected as a first-team halfback on the 1951 All-Skyline Conference team selected by the Associated Press (AP). BYU's Jae Ballif also won first-team honors on the AP all-conference team as a defensive halfback.^[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	Idaho State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 27–7	5,000	[4]
September 22	Western State (CO)*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 67–7	5,000	[5]
September 29	Hawaii*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 20–7	8,500	[6]
October 6	atUtah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 6–7	21,459	[7]
October 20	Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	T 20–20	7,858	[8]
October 27	atDenver	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	L 6–56	12,359	[9]
November 3	Colorado A&M	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 21–19	8,500	[10]
November 10	Utah State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)	W 28–27	10,000	[11]
November 17	atNew Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	L 0–34	8,500	[12]
November 24	atPepperdine*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 20–0		[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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