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1951 Miami Redskins football
1951 Miami Redskins football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	7–3 (3–1 MAC)
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (1st season);
Captain	Donald Green
Home stadium	Miami Field
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Cincinnati $	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Miami (OH)	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Kent State	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	2
Ohio	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Western Reserve	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Western Michigan	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1951 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1951 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ara Parseghian, Miami compiled a 7–3 record (3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 229 to 159.^[1] The Redskins were ranked at No. 83 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

Donald Green was the team captain.^[3] The team's statistical leaders included John Pont with 883 rushing yards, Jim Root with 894 passing yards, and Clive Rush with 398 receiving yards.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 22	at Wichita*	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	W 21–13
September 29	Bowling Green*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 46–7
October 6	Xavier*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 14–32	^[5]
October 13	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 34–27
October 20	Ohio	Miami Field Oxford, OH (rivalry)	W 7–0
October 27	Marquette*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 7–27
November 3	Buffalo*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 27–7
November 10	at Dayton*	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	W 21–20
November 17	Western Reserve	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 34–7
November 24	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)	L 14–19
*Non-conference game