1951 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

The 1951 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team was an American football team that represented the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1951 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach William M. Bell, the Aggies compiled a 7–1–1 record (5–1 in conference play) and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 58.[2] The team was also selected by the "Pigskin Huddle" published by the Associated Negro Press as the black college national champion.[3]

1951 North Carolina A&T Aggies football
ConferenceCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–1–1 (5–1 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 West Virginia State $ 5 0 1 6 2 1
No. 1 North Carolina A&T 5 1 0 7 1 1
No. 6 North Carolina College 5 1 1 7 2 1
Virginia Union 5 4 0 5 5 0
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 4 2 0 6 2 0
No. 16 Virginia State 5 3 0 5 3 0
No. 18 Hampton 4 4 0 5 4 0
Winston-Salem State 4 2 0 4 4 0
Howard 5 4 0 5 4 0
Morgan State 3 4 0 3 5 0
Bluefield State 3 3 0 3 6 0
Johnson C. Smith 3 4 0 3 5 0
Delaware State 2 4 0 2 7 0
St. Augustine's 2 5 0 3 6 0
Shaw 1 8 0 1 9 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 7 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 15Wilberforce State*Greensboro, NCW 27–12
September 21at Allen*Columbia, SCW 35–0
September 29at Virginia UnionNorfolk, VAW 14–0
October 6HamptonGreensboro, NCW 20–7
October 13ShawGreensboro, NCW 33–7
October 27at Morgan StateBaltimore, MDW 31–6
November 3Florida A&M*Greensboro, NCT 7–7
November 10at Virginia StatePetersburg, VAL 9–13
November 22North Carolina CollegeGreensboro, NCW 13–6
  • *Non-conference game

References edit

  1. ^ "The Pigskin Huddle". The Call. December 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "North Carolina A&T Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pigskin Huddle". The Afro-American. December 15, 1951. p. 15.