1951 Louisville Cardinals football team

1951 Southern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1951 Louisville Cardinals football
1951 Louisville Cardinals football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Frank Camp (6th season);
Home stadium	Parkway Field
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1951 college football season. Future NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas was in his freshman year on the team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Wayne	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 28–12
October 5	Boston University	Parkway Field Louisville, KY	L 7–39
October 13	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (The Keg of Nails)	L 0–38
October 19	Xavier	Parkway Field Louisville, KY	L 6–47
October 27	at St. Bonaventure	Forness Stadium Olean, NY	L 21–22	6,500	^[1]
November 2	NC State	Parkway Field Louisville, KY	W 26–2
November 10	Houston	Parkway Field Louisville, KY	W 35–28
November 17	Washington & Lee	Parkway Field Louisville, KY	W 14–7
November 23	Mississippi Southern	duPont Stadium Louisville, KY	W 14–13	1,200	^[2]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
John Brewer	Back	28	329	Philadelphia Eagles

^ "Field Goal in Last 3 Seconds Tops Louisville, 22–21, for Bona". The Sunday Press (Binghamton, NY). October 28, 1951. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "U.L. downs M.S. 14–13 in muddy season finale". The Courier-Journal. November 24, 1951. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2018-03-28.

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Venues	High School Park (1912) Eclipse Park (1913–1916, 1921–1922) Parkway Field (1923–1948, 1950–1956) DuPont Manual Stadium (1949) Cardinal Stadium (1957–1997) Cardinal Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati (The Keg of Nails) Kentucky (Governor's Cup) Memphis
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1951 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 13 Virginia		–		8	–	1	–	0
Maryland State		–		7	–	1	–	0
Arkansas State		–		10	–	2	–	0
Stetson		–		8	–	1	–	2
Florida State		–		6	–	2	–	0
Northeast Louisiana State		–		6	–	2	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		8	–	3	–	0
Tampa		–		7	–	3	–	1
Delaware		–		5	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Sewanee		–		5	–	3	–	0
Louisville		–		5	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		6	–	5	–	0
Grambling		–		3	–	5	–	1
Navy		–		2	–	6	–	1
Delta State		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll