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1951 Trenton State Lions football
1951 Trenton State Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0
Head coach	George Ackerman (6th season);
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Trenton State Lions football team

American college football season

The 1951 Trenton State Lions football team was an American football team that represented New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton, commonly known as Trenton State Teachers College (now known as The College of New Jersey) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach George Ackerman, the Lions compiled a perfect 6–0 record, held every opponent to seven points or less, and outscored all opponents by a total of 174 to 26. It was the first undefeated season in Trenton State history and came on the heels of an 11-year, 45-game losing streak that ended in 1949.^[1]

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The team's leaders included running back Mike Angelotti and quarterback Tibbet Csic.

The team played its home games in Trenton, New Jersey.

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"Trenton State 11 Undefeated For 1st Time". Paterson Evening News. November 9, 1951. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.

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"King's Stars Hurt For Trenton Tilt at Plains". Wilkes-Barre Record. September 29, 1951. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Trenton Teachers Beat New Britain Blue Devils, 19-7". The Hartford Courant. October 7, 1951. p. IV-4 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Trenton Defeats L. I. Aggies". The Farmingdale Post. October 25, 1951. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Trenton Teachers Rout Cheyney, 26-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1951. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Trenton Ends Undefeated; Once Winless 11 Seasons". Atlantic City Press. November 9, 1951. pp. 23, 24 – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	at King's (PA)	Plains Memorial Stadiumm Wilkes-Barre, PA	W 20–7	^[2]
October 6	New Britain	Hillwood Lakes Field Trenton, NJ	W 19–7	^[3]
October 13	at National Aggies	Doylestown, PA	W 33–0
October 20	at New York Aggies	Farmingdale, NY	W 47–0	^[4]
November 3	at Cheyney	Cheyney, PA	W 26–6	^[5]
November 8	Montclair State	Trenton, NJ	W 29–6	^[6]

1951_Trenton_State_Lions_football_team

1951 Trenton State Lions football team

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v t e	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