1951 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1951 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1950 college football season. The selectors for the 1951 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

Backs

 * Larry Isbell, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Gib Dawson, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Lamar McHam, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
 * Ray McKowan, Texas Christian (AP-1; UP-2)
 * Glenn Lippman, Texas A&M (UP-1)
 * Teddy Riggs, Rice (UP-1)
 * Bobby Jack Floyd, TCU (UP-2)
 * Bob Smith, Texas A&M (UP-3)

Ends

 * Bill Howton, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Stan Williams, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Harold Riley, Baylor (UP-2)
 * Tom Stolhandske, Texas (UP-2)

Tackles

 * Jack Little, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Dave Hanner, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-3)
 * Ken Casner, Baylor (UP-2)
 * Doug Conaway, TCU (UP-2)

Guards

 * Harley Sewell, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Herschel Forester, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-3)
 * June Davis, Texas (UP-2)

Centers

 * Hugh Meyer, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-2)

Defensive ends

 * Bill Howton, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Paul Williams, Texas (AP-1)

Defensive tackles

 * Bob Griffin, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Bill Forester, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-3)

Defensive guards

 * Bill Athey, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Herb Zimmerman, Texas Christian (AP-1; UP-2)

Linebackers

 * Dick Hightower, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Keith Flowers, Texas Christian (AP-1)

Defensive backs

 * Bobby Dillon, Texas (AP-1; UP-2)
 * Yale Lary, Texas A&M (AP-1)
 * Bill Burkhalter, Rice (AP-1)

Key
AP = Associated Press

UP = United Press

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP