The 1951 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as California State University, Chico—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by Paul J. Smith in his second and final season as head coach, Chico State compiled an overall record of 0–7 with a mark of 0–4 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 214 to 53 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at Chico High School Stadium in Chico, California.
| 1951 Chico State Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 0–7 (0–4 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Chico High School Stadium |
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| Cal Aggies $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Oregon | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Smith finished his tenure at Chico State with an overall a record of 2–13, for a .133 winning percentage. This is the worst winning percentage of any coach in Chico State Wildcats football history.
Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| October 6 | Humboldt State | L 0–36 | |
| October 13 | San Francisco State |
| L 6–25 |
| October 20 | vs. Southern Oregon | Coos Bay, OR | L 6–14 |
| October 27 | Naval Air Station Alameda[note 1]* |
| L 13–33 |
| November 3 | Cal Poly* |
| L 0–19 |
| November 9 | at Cal Aggies | L 21–34 | |
| November 17 | at Willamette* | L 7–53 | |
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Notes edit
- ^ Naval Air Station Alameda was an Naval Air Station from 1940 to 1997. For many years they fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams.
References edit
- ^ "1951 - Cal St.-Chico". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2017.