The match featured the University of San Francisco Dons men's soccer program against Temple University Owls men's soccer program.
After being played in St. Louis, Missouri for two years, the third Soccer Bowl was hosted by the University of San Francisco at Kezar Stadium.
[2] Temple won the match 2–0 to claim their third national championship.
Although Temple won the Soccer Bowl, the ISFA declared Franklin & Marshall as the national champions of the 1951 ISFA season.
[2] The American Soccer History Archives recognizes both titles as valid national championship claims.