1951 Los Angeles State Diablos football team

1951 Los Angeles State Diablos football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	1–7 (0–4 CCAA)
Head coach	Leonard Adams (1st season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles City College

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

The 1951 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State College—now known as California State University, Los Angeles—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1951 college football season. This was the first year of intercollegiate play for the school. Led by first-year head coach Leonard Adams, Los Angeles State compiled an overall record of 1–7 with a mark of 0–4 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the CCAA. The team was outscored by its opponents 220 to 63 for the season and was shut out four times. The Diablos played home games at Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28		Terminal Island Navy*	Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA	L 18–26
October 5		at San Francisco State*	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 13–37
October 13		at Cal Poly	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 0–21
October 19	8:00 p.m.	at Occidental*	D. W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA	L 0–16
October 27		at San Diego State	Aztec Bowl San Diego, CA	L 0–64	6,000
November 2		La Verne*	Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA	W 19–14
November 9		Pepperdine	Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)	L 13–16
November 16		at Santa Barbara	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 0–26
*Non-conference game All times are in Pacific time