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1951 Chico State Wildcats football team

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1951 Chico State Wildcats football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record0–7 (0–4 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumChico High School Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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.

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

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6Humboldt StateL 0–36
October 13San Francisco State
  • Chico High School Stadium
  • Chico, CA
L 6–25
October 20vs. Southern OregonCoos Bay, ORL 6–14
October 27Naval Air Station Alameda[note 1]*
  • Chico High School Stadium
  • Chico, CA
L 13–33
November 3Cal Poly*
  • Chico High School Stadium
  • Chico, CA
L 0–19
November 9at Cal AggiesL 21–34
November 17at Willamette*L 7–53
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

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  1. ^ Naval Air Station Alameda was a Naval Air Station from 1940 to 1997. For many years they fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams.

References

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  1. ^ "1951 - Cal St.-Chico". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2017.