NFL 1951

1951 NFL season
Regular season
season	September 28, 1951 - December 16, 1951
American Conf. Champions	Cleveland Browns
National Conf. Champions	Los Angeles Rams
Championship game
NFL Champion	Los Angeles Rams
NFL season  <1950 1952>

The 1951 NFL season was the 32nd season of the National Football League . The Los Angeles Rams emerged as the winner of this season .

Prior to the start of the season, the Baltimore Colts franchise was returned to the NFL for financial reasons.

Rule changes

• Tackle-eligible plays were banned. Offensive linemen were therefore completely forbidden to catch a forward pass.

Regular season

American Conference team W. L. T SQ P + P− Cleveland Browns 11 1 0 .917 331 152 New York Giants 9 2 1 .818 254 161 Washington Redskins 5 7th 0 .417 183 296 Pittsburgh Steelers 4th 7th 1 .364 183 235 Philadelphia Eagles 4th 8th 0 .333 234 264 Chicago Cardinals 3 9 0 .250 210 287

National Conference team W. L. T SQ P + P− Los Angeles Rams 8th 4th 0 .667 392 261 Detroit Lions 7th 4th 1 .636 336 259 San Francisco 49ers 7th 4th 1 .636 255 205 Chicago Bears 7th 5 0 .583 286 282 Green Bay Packers 3 9 0 .250 254 375 New York Yanks 1 9 2 .100 241 382

Legend:

S iege	N iederlagen	U nentschieden	SQ games won (relative)
P + points made	P− opposing points	Championship participant

NFL Championship Game

The 1951 NFL Championship Game took place on December 23, 1951 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles , California . The winners of the Eastern and Western divisions competed against each other. For the first time, the championship game was televised nationwide. The DuMont Network secured the rights for $ 75,000.

	1	2	3	4th	total
Los Angeles Rams	0	7th	7th	10	24
Cleveland Browns	0	10	0	7th	17th

Records

• Tobin Rote of the Green Bay Packers became the first quarterback to run for over 90 yards in three consecutive games .
• Norm Van Brocklin of the Los Angeles Rams threw for 554 yards in the season opening game on September 28, 1951, the most ever in one game.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dan Daly: The National Forgotten League: Entertaining Stories and Observations from Pro Football's First Fifty Years . U of Nebraska Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8032-4460-3 , pp. 380 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} 1951-1960. Retrieved December 29, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Championship - Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Rams - December 23rd, 1951. Retrieved December 29, 2018 . 
4. ^ NFL round-up: Bills have a quarterback diamond in Josh Allen. Retrieved December 29, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Best single-game passer in NFL? It's no one you've seen play. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .