The 1951 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as

Tennessee Technological University Tennessee Technological University, commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech, is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie ...

–as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the

1951 college football season The 1951 college football season finished with seven unbeaten major college teams, of which five were unbeaten and untied. Ultimately, the Tennessee Volunteers were voted the best team by the Associated Press, followed by the Michigan State Sparta ...

. Led by

Star Wood Sterling "Star" Wood was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute—now known as Tennessee Tech—in Cookeville, Tennessee from 1950 to 1951, and East T ...

in his second and final season as head coach, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the OVC. Tennessee Tech played home games at Overall Field in Cookeville, Tennessee.

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Tennessee Tech Tennessee Technological University, commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech, is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie ...