1951 Pepperdine Waves football team

The 1951 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] during the 1951 college football season.

1951 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
1951 record	5–4–1 (2–1–1 CCAA)
Head coach	Duck Dowell (1st season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium

1951 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	1
Cal Poly	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Pepperdine	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Santa Barbara	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Los Angeles State	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Pepperdine competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Duck Dowell and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1, 2–1–1 CCAA).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	at Fresno State[note 2]	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 14–33	8,945[1]
October 5	Point Mugu Navy[note 3]*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 20–0
October 12	Terminal Island Navy[note 4]*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 23–0
October 19	Redlands*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 35–7
October 26	Cal Poly[note 5]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	T 7–7	2,000
November 3	at Loyola (CA)[note 6]*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 7–46	6,200
November 9	at Los Angeles State[note 7]	Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA ("Old Shoe" Rivalry)	W 16–13
November 16	San Diego State[note 8]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 6–27	[2]
November 24	BYU*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–20
November 30	at Santa Barbara[note 9]	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 26–6
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Team players in the NFL

The following Pepperdine players were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft.[5][6]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
Gerry Perry	Tackle - Defensive Tackle - Defensive End - Guard	29	349	Los Angeles Rams

Notes

1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
2. California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
3. Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a Naval air station located in Ventura County, California from 1942 to 2000
4. Naval Air Station Terminal Island was one of several names for the Naval air station and repair facility located on Terminal Island in Los Angeles County, California from 1938 to 1997
5. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
6. Loyola Marymount University was known as Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1930 to 1973.
7. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
8. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
9. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.

References

1. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
2. Howard Hagen (November 17, 1951). "Aztecs Near Conference Title By Clipping Pepperdine, 27-6". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
3. "1951 - Pepperdine". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
4. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
5. "1952 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
6. "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.