1951 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team

The 1951 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Voorhis Unit[note 1] during the 1951 college football season. Cal Poly played as an independent in 1951.

1951 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record1–6
Head coach
  • Don Rees (1st season)
1951 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 San Francisco      9 0 0
La Verne      5 3 0
Pacific (CA)      6 5 0
Santa Clara      3 5 1
Hawaii      4 7 0
Loyola (CA)      3 6 0
San Jose State      2 7 1
Cal Poly San Dimas      1 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Cal Poly San Dimas was led by first-year head coach Don Rees in his only season at the helm. The Broncos finished the season with a record of one win and six losses (1–6). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 21–244 for the season, including being shut out in four of the seven games.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29at Ventura College[note 2]Ventura, CAL 0–47
October 5Palomar CollegeSan Dimas, CAW 7–6
October 11at San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, CAL 0–67
October 19Cal Poly JV[note 3]San Dimas, CAL 8–19
October 27at La VerneL 0–45
November 3at Humboldt State[note 4]L 0–33[1]
November 10at Citrus CollegeGlendora, CAL 6–27

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Team players in the NFL

No Cal Poly San Dimas players were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]

Notes

  1. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was located in San Dimas, California and known as Cal Poly Voorhis Unit from 1938 to 1956. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (San Dimas).
  2. Ventura College was known as Ventura Junior College from 1925 to 1951.
  3. The official name of Cal Poly is California Polytechnic State University. However, it has been more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly since 1947.
  4. Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

  1. "Polly (sic) Tripped By Humboldt". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. November 4, 1951. p. 12. Retrieved March 11, 2018 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1951 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. "1952 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. "Cal Poly-Pomona Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  6. "Draft History: Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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