1951 NYU Violets football team

1951 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–7
Head coach	Hugh Devore (2nd season)
Home stadium	Triborough Stadium

1951 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1951 college football season.

In their second season under head coach Hugh Devore, the Violets compiled a 1–7 record, and were outscored 329–79.

The team played two games at Triborough Stadium on Randalls Island in Manhattan. The rest of its schedule was on the road. NYU played no games at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, Bronx.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at No. 18 Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 20–54	12,000
October 5	at Merchant Marine	Tomb Field Kings Point, NY	W 21–13
October 13	Rutgers	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	L 0–55	6,000
October 20	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–53	8,000
October 27	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 20–27	6,000
November 3	at Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 6–52	5,000
November 10	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–34	5,000
November 24	vs. Fordham	Triborough Stadium New York, NY	L 0–41	12,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game