1951 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1951 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1951 college football season.^[1] The team was named national champion by Berryman and co-champion by Boand.^[2]

Head coach Bobby Dodd and team captain Lamar Wheat

1951 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
National champion (Berryman) Co-national champion (Boand) SEC co-champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 17–14 vs. Baylor
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	11–0–1 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Dodd (7th season)
Captain	Lamar Wheat
Home stadium	Grant Field
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	1
No. 1 Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
No. 15 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	SMU*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 21–7	33,000	[3]
September 29	at Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 27–0	39,000	[4]
October 6	at No. 17 Kentucky	No. 11	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 13–7	35,000	[5]
October 13	LSU	No. 8	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 25–7	30,000	[6]
October 20	Auburn	No. 5	Grant Field Atlanta, Ga (rivalry)	W 27–7	31,000	[7]
October 27	at Vanderbilt	No. 3	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 8–7	26,000	[8]
November 3	Duke*	No. 5	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	T 14–14	36,000	[9]
November 10	VMI*	No. 8	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 34–7	21,000	[10]
November 17	at Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 27–7	35,000	[11]
November 24	Davidson*	No. 7	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 34–7	18,000	[12]
December 1	Georgia	No. 6	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	W 48–6	40,000	[13]
January 1	vs. No. 9 Baylor*	No. 5	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	W 17–14	65,837	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game