1951 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1951 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	5–4–1 (3–2 OVC)
Head coach	Pete Pederson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fairfield Stadium

1951 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Murray State $	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Eastern Kentucky	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Marshall	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Evansville	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Tennessee Tech	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Western Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Morehead State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1951 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1951 college football season. In its second season under head coach Pete Pederson, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 206 to 176. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Morehead State		W 21–6
September 29	at Eastern Kentucky		L 6–13
October 6	Western Kentucky		W 35–21
October 13	Murray State		L 13–28
October 20	at Toledo		L 14–32
October 27	at Morris Harvey		W 19–0
November 3	at Tennessee Tech		W 20–13
November 10	Evansville		W 52–13
November 17	Dayton		L 13–37
November 22	Ohio	T 13-13
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