1951 Wayne Tartars football team

1951 Wayne Tartars football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Louis F. Zarza (3rd season)
Home stadium	University of Detroit Stadium

1951 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Michigan State			–					9	–	0	–	0
Xavier			–					9	–	0	–	1
Wabash			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 13 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Dayton			–					7	–	3	–	0
Toledo			–					6	–	4	–	0
Washington University			–					5	–	4	–	0
Wayne			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green			–					4	–	4	–	1
Marquette			–					4	–	6	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					3	–	5	–	0
John Carroll			–					3	–	6	–	0
Rose Poly			–					2	–	5	–	0
Youngstown			–					2	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Under second-year head coach Louis F. Zarza, the team compiled a 5–4 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Iowa State	Williams Stadium Ames, IA	L 21–53	10,000
September 29	Louisville	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 12–28	7,500
October 6	at Arizona State	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 6–50
October 13	Bradley	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 27–34	3,021
October 20	Brandeis	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 34–6	3,278
October 27	Omaha	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 62–9	3,000
November 3	Washington University	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 21–7	3,211
November 10	at Case Tech	Cleveland, OH	W 20–13
November 17	Michigan State Normal	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 27–13	2,347
Homecoming