1951 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 1951 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as Appalachian State University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1951 college football season. In their only year under head coach Pres Mull, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished fourth in the NSC.

1951 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
ConferenceNorth State Conference
Record6–3 (3–3 NSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Field
1951 North State Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lenoir–Rhyne $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Elon 4 –2 –06 –3 –0
Catawba 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
Appalachian State 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
East Carolina 1 –4 –04 –6 –0
Western Carolina 1 –4 –03 –6 –0
Guilford 1 –4 –01 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15vs. Guilford
W 20–05,000[1]
September 22Western Carolina
W 26–6[2]
September 29at Elon
L 6–20[3]
October 6Lenoir–Rhyne
  • College Field
  • Boone, NC
L 0–20[4]
October 13vs. Catawba
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 0–2[5]
October 26at Tampa*
W 14–139,000[6]
November 3at East Carolina
W 24–20[7]
November 10Erskine*
  • College Field
  • Boone, NC
W 20–0[8]
November 17Newberry*
  • College Field
  • Boone, NC
W 18–6[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Alvin Hooks stars". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 16, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Mountaineers beat WCTC by 26–6 count". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 23, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Elon defeats Appalachian". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 30, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lenoir–Rhyne nets 20–0 win over ASTC". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 7, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Catawba Indians trip Appalachian by 2 to 0". The Charlotte Observer. October 14, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Appalachian defeats Tampa on extra point". The Tampa Tribune. October 27, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Apps defeat E. Carolina, 24 to 20". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 4, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Erskine lowered by Appalachian, 20 to 0". The Greenville News. November 11, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Newberry loses, 18–6, to Appalachian". The State. November 18, 1951. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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