1951 BYU Cougars football team

1951 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record6–3–1 (2–3–1 Skyline Six)
Head coach
CaptainRay Oliverson
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 4 1 0 7 4 0
Wyoming 5 1 1 7 2 1
Denver 4 3 0 6 4 0
Colorado A&M 3 3 1 5 4 1
BYU 2 3 1 6 3 1
Utah State 2 4 1 3 5 1
New Mexico 2 4 0 4 7 0
Montana 1 4 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

  1. ^ "1951 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lobo Tackle Wins All Skyline Spot". Albuquerque Journal. November 29, 1951. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.