1951 Texas College Steers football team

The 1951 Texas College Steers football team represented Texas College as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1951 college football season. In their third season under head coach Fred T. Long, the Steers compiled an overall record of 5–3–2 with a mark of 4–1–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the SWAC.^[2] Texas College was invited to the Steel Bowl, where the Steers lost to Bethune–Cookman.

1951 Texas College Steers football
Steel Bowl, L 13–27 vs. Bethune–Cookman
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	5–3–2 (4–1–2 SWAC)
Head coach	Fred T. Long (3rd season)
Home stadium	Steer Stadium
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Prairie View A&M $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 17 Texas College	4	–	1	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
No. 21 Southern	4	–	1	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
No. 20 Arkansas AM&N	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Langston	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Wiley	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Samuel Huston	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Bishop	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	8:00 p.m.	Florida A&M*	Steer Stadium Tyler, TX	L 13–48	4,000	[3][4]
September 29		at Samuel Huston	Austin, TX	W 24–0		[5]
October 6	8:00 p.m.	Arkansas AM&N	Steer Stadium Tyler, TX	W 18–13		[6]
October 13	8:00 p.m.	vs. Langston	Dal-Hi Stadium Dallas, TX (Texhoma Classic)	W 19–18	7,000	[7][8]
October 27		at Southern	Baton Rouge, LA	T 7–7	3,000	[9]
November 3	2:30 p.m.	Prairie View	Steer Stadium Tyler, TX	L 6–33	8,000	[10][11]
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Bishop	Steer Stadium Tyler, TX	W 63–0		[12][13]
November 22	2:00 p.m.	at Wiley	Wiley Stadium Marshall, TX	T 15–15		[14][15][16]
December 1	7:30 p.m.	at Paul Quinn*	Dal-Hi Stadium Dallas, TX	W 20–6		[17]
January 1	2:00 p.m.	at Bethune–Cookman*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Steel Bowl)	L 13–27	1,500	[18][19][20]
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time