Record: 154-134-8, .534 W-L% (4th of 10) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 1.70 (5th of 10) ▪ SOS: 0.11 (6th of 10)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Cornell, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Pennsylvania and Princeton)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 6 (Boston University, Holy Cross, Michigan State, Princeton, San Francisco and Virginia)
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 21, 1951 | Fri | San Francisco | 39 | San Jose State | 2 | ||
| 2 | Sep 21, 1951 | Fri | Syracuse | 19 | Temple | 0 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 3 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | (20) Cornell | 21 | Syracuse | 14 | ||
| 4 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | Fordham | 14 | @ | Dartmouth | 6 | |
| 5 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | Holy Cross | 33 | @ | Harvard | 6 | |
| 6 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | Navy | 7 | Yale | 7 | ||
| 7 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | Pacific | 41 | Loyola Marymount | 28 | ||
| 8 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | Penn State | 40 | Boston University | 34 | ||
| 9 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | (18) Princeton | 54 | New York University | 20 | ||
| 10 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | Temple | 20 | @ | Brown | 14 | |
| 11 | Sep 29, 1951 | Sat | Villanova | 21 | @ | Army | 7 | |
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 12 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | Brown | 14 | @ | Yale | 13 | |
| 13 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | Columbia | 35 | Harvard | 0 | ||
| 14 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | Cornell | 41 | @ | Colgate | 18 | |
| 15 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | Holy Cross | 54 | Fordham | 20 | ||
| 16 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 39 | Dartmouth | 14 | ||
| 17 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | (14) Princeton | 24 | @ | Navy | 20 | |
| 18 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | Temple | 14 | Rutgers | 7 | ||
| 19 | Oct 6, 1951 | Sat | Villanova | 20 | Penn State | 14 | Allentown, PA | |
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 20 | Oct 12, 1951 | Fri | Fordham | 35 | @ | Boston College | 19 | Boston, MA |
| 21 | Oct 12, 1951 | Fri | San Francisco | 42 | @ | San Jose State | 7 | |
| 22 | Oct 13, 1951 | Sat | Columbia | 14 | Yale | 0 | ||
| 23 | Oct 13, 1951 | Sat | (17) Cornell | 42 | Harvard | 6 | ||
| 24 | Oct 13, 1951 | Sat | Dartmouth | 28 | @ | Army | 14 | |
| 25 | Oct 13, 1951 | Sat | (1) Michigan State | 20 | Marquette | 14 | ||
| 26 | Oct 13, 1951 | Sat | (13) Princeton | 13 | @ | Pennsylvania | 7 | |
| 27 | Oct 13, 1951 | Sat | Rutgers | 55 | @ | New York University | 0 | Randalls Island, NY |
| 28 | Oct 13, 1951 | Sat | Santa Clara | 20 | Loyola Marymount | 16 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 29 | Oct 19, 1951 | Fri | Boston University | 27 | (16) Pacific | 12 | ||
| 30 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | Colgate | 32 | @ | Brown | 14 | |
| 31 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | (14) Cornell | 27 | @ | Yale | 0 | |
| 32 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | Dartmouth | 14 | Syracuse | 0 | ||
| 33 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | Harvard | 22 | Army | 21 | ||
| 34 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | Holy Cross | 53 | New York University | 6 | ||
| 35 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | (3) Michigan State | 32 | @ | Penn State | 21 | |
| 36 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | Notre Dame | 33 | @ | Pittsburgh | 0 | |
| 37 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 28 | Columbia | 13 | ||
| 38 | Oct 20, 1951 | Sat | San Francisco | 32 | @ | Fordham | 26 | Randalls Island, NY |
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 39 | Oct 26, 1951 | Fri | Loyola Marymount | 13 | @ | San Jose State | 12 | |
| 40 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | Army | 14 | Columbia | 9 | ||
| 41 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | Dartmouth | 26 | @ | Harvard | 20 | |
| 42 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | Holy Cross | 41 | @ | Brown | 6 | |
| 43 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | (2) Michigan State | 53 | Pittsburgh | 26 | ||
| 44 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 14 | Navy | 0 | ||
| 45 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | (8) Princeton | 53 | (12) Cornell | 15 | ||
| 46 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | Syracuse | 33 | Fordham | 20 | ||
| 47 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | Temple | 20 | Boston University | 13 | ||
| 48 | Oct 27, 1951 | Sat | Yale | 27 | Colgate | 7 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 49 | Nov 2, 1951 | Fri | Pacific | 39 | @ | Marquette | 27 | |
| 50 | Nov 3, 1951 | Sat | Boston University | 52 | New York University | 6 | Boston, MA | |
| 51 | Nov 3, 1951 | Sat | Columbia | 21 | @ | Cornell | 20 | |
| 52 | Nov 3, 1951 | Sat | Dartmouth | 14 | @ | Yale | 10 | |
| 53 | Nov 3, 1951 | Sat | Holy Cross | 34 | Colgate | 6 | ||
| 54 | Nov 3, 1951 | Sat | (13) Notre Dame | 19 | @ | Navy | 0 | Baltimore, MD |
| 55 | Nov 3, 1951 | Sat | (6) Princeton | 12 | Brown | 0 | ||
| 56 | Nov 3, 1951 | Sat | Rutgers | 13 | Fordham | 7 | ||
| 57 | Nov 4, 1951 | Sun | (20) San Francisco | 26 | Santa Clara | 7 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 58 | Nov 10, 1951 | Sat | Columbia | 21 | Dartmouth | 6 | ||
| 59 | Nov 10, 1951 | Sat | Holy Cross | 39 | Marquette | 13 | ||
| 60 | Nov 10, 1951 | Sat | (5) Michigan State | 35 | (11) Notre Dame | 0 | ||
| 61 | Nov 10, 1951 | Sat | Penn State | 32 | Syracuse | 13 | ||
| 62 | Nov 10, 1951 | Sat | (4) Princeton | 54 | @ | Harvard | 13 | |
| 63 | Nov 10, 1951 | Sat | Rutgers | 28 | @ | Brown | 21 | |
| 64 | Nov 10, 1951 | Sat | Temple | 34 | New York University | 6 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 65 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Boston College | 20 | Villanova | 13 | ||
| 66 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Cornell | 21 | @ | Dartmouth | 13 | |
| 67 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Fordham | 35 | @ | Temple | 6 | |
| 68 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Harvard | 34 | Brown | 21 | ||
| 69 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Navy | 21 | @ | Columbia | 7 | |
| 70 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Penn State | 13 | @ | Rutgers | 7 | |
| 71 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 7 | Army | 6 | ||
| 72 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | (6) Princeton | 27 | Yale | 0 | ||
| 73 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | (14) San Francisco | 47 | @ | Pacific | 14 | |
| 74 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Santa Clara | 7 | San Jose State | 7 | ||
| 75 | Nov 17, 1951 | Sat | Syracuse | 9 | Colgate | 0 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 76 | Nov 23, 1951 | Fri | San Jose State | 7 | Pacific | 0 | ||
| 77 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Colgate | 26 | @ | Rutgers | 21 | |
| 78 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Columbia | 29 | Brown | 14 | ||
| 79 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Fordham | 41 | New York University | 0 | Randalls Island, NY | |
| 80 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Harvard | 21 | Yale | 21 | ||
| 81 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | (16) Holy Cross | 41 | Temple | 7 | ||
| 82 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 7 | Cornell | 0 | ||
| 83 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Pittsburgh | 13 | Penn State | 7 | ||
| 84 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | (5) Princeton | 13 | Dartmouth | 0 | ||
| 85 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Santa Clara | 27 | @ | Marquette | 14 | |
| 86 | Nov 24, 1951 | Sat | Syracuse | 26 | @ | Boston University | 19 | |
| 87 | Nov 25, 1951 | Sun | (13) San Francisco | 20 | Loyola Marymount | 2 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 88 | Dec 1, 1951 | Sat | Boston College | 19 | (19) Holy Cross | 14 | Boston, MA | |
| 89 | Dec 1, 1951 | Sat | Marquette | 21 | @ | San Jose State | 7 | |
| 90 | Dec 1, 1951 | Sat | Navy | 42 | Army | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 91 | Dec 7, 1951 | Fri | Pittsburgh | 21 | @ | Miami (FL) | 7 |