1951 Morris Brown Wolverines football team explained

Year:1951
Team:Morris Brown Wolverines
Sport:football
Conference:Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Short Conf:SIAC
Record:10–1
Conf Record:8–0
Head Coach:Edward Clemons
Hc Year:2nd
Stadium:Herndon Stadium
Champion:Black college national champion
SIAC champion
Bowl:Tropical Bowl
Bowl Result:W 21–0 vs.

The 1951 Morris Brown Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented Morris Brown College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1951 college football season. In their second season under head coach Edward Clemons, the team compiled a 10–1 record, defeated in the Tropical Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 449 to 56.[1]

The Morris Brown team was rated by the Pittsburgh Courier as the 1951 black college national champion, ahead of second-place Florida A&M and third-place Tennessee A&I.[2] The Associated Negro Press rated Morris Brown second behind North Carolina A&T but acknowledged that "Morris Brown has just as great a claim to the title because it was the nation's best offensive and defensive team."[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1951 - Morris Brown (GA). College Football Data Warehouse. December 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911072359/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=2117&year=1951. dead. September 11, 2015.
  2. News: Courier Rates Morris Brown No. 1 in National Grid Race: Purple Wave Edges Famcee in Torrid Football Campaign. The Pittsburgh Courier. December 8, 1951. 16. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Pigskin Huddle. The Afro-American. December 15, 1951. 15.