1951 Pepperdine Waves football team
American college football season
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Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 5–4–1 (2–1–1 CCAA) |
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Home stadium | El Camino Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1951 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Duck Dowell and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with an overall record of 5–4–1 and a mark of 2–1–1 in conference play, tying for second in the CCAA.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 | at Fresno State |
| L 14–33 | 8,945 | [1] |
October 5 | Point Mugu Navy[note 2]* |
| W 20–0 | ||
October 12 | Terminal Island Navy[note 3]* |
| W 23–0 | ||
October 19 | Redlands* |
| W 35–7 | ||
October 26 | Cal Poly |
| T 7–7 | 2,000 | |
November 3 | at Loyola (CA)* |
| L 7–46 | 6,200 | |
November 9 | at Los Angeles State |
| W 16–13 | ||
November 16 | San Diego State |
| L 6–27 | [2] | |
November 24 | BYU*![]() |
| L 0–20 | ||
November 30 | at Santa Barbara |
| W 26–6 | ||
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Team players in the NFL
The following Pepperdine players were selected in the 1952 NFL draft.[5][6]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
Gerry Perry | Tackle - Defensive Tackle - Defensive End - Guard | 29 | 349 | Los Angeles Rams |
Notes
- ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
- ^ Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a Naval air station located in Ventura County, California from 1942 to 2000
- ^ Naval Air Station Terminal Island was one of several names for the Naval air station and repair facility located on Terminal Island in Los Angeles County, California from 1938 to 1997
References
- ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ Howard Hagen (November 17, 1951). "Aztecs Near Conference Title By Clipping Pepperdine, 27-6". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
- ^ "1951 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ "1952 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.