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Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 5–5–1 (3–3 OVC) |
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Home stadium | Overall Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as Tennessee Technological University–as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by Star Wood in his second and final season as head coach, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the OVC.[1] Tennessee Tech played home games at Overall Field in Cookeville, Tennessee.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6Kentucky* |
| L 72–13 | 26,000 | [2][3] |
September 22 | Carson–Newman* | Cookeville, TN | W 42–6 | [4] | ||
September 29 | Murray State | Cookeville, TN | L 7–20 | 5,000 | [5] | |
October 6 | atMorehead State | Morehead, KY | W 17–14 | [6] | ||
October 13 | 8:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky |
| L 14–15 | 6,500 | [7][8] |
October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Kentucky | Bowling Green, KY | W 14–7 | 4,500 | [9][10][11][12] |
October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 1Tennessee* |
| L 0–68 | [13][14] | |
November 3 | Marshall | Cookeville, TN | L 13–20 | [15] | ||
November 10 | atEast Tennessee State* |
| W 33–0 | [16][17] | ||
November 17 | 8:00 p.m. | Evansville | Cookeville TN | W 38–13 | 1,000 | [18][19][20] |
November 22 | 2:00 p.m. | atMiddle Tennessee* |
| T 14–14 | 7,500 | [21][22] |
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