1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–5 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
(capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
  1960
1962  
1961 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama + 7 0 011 0 0
No. 4 LSU + 6 0 010 1 0
No. 5 Ole Miss 5 1 09 2 0
No. 13 Georgia Tech 4 3 07 4 0
Tennessee 4 3 06 4 0
Florida 3 3 04 5 1
Auburn 3 4 06 4 0
Kentucky 2 4 05 5 0
Georgia 2 5 03 7 0
Mississippi State 1 5 05 5 0
Tulane 1 5 02 8 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. After the season, Wade Walker was fired as head coach, but continued to be the athletic director. [1] This was the first season that Mississippi State athletic teams were known as the Bulldogs. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Texas Tech *W 6–033,000
September 30at Houston *W 10–727,000
October 7at Tennessee L 3–1731,600 [3]
October 14 Arkansas State *W 38–0 [4]
October 21vs. Georgia L 7–1018,000
October 28at Memphis State *W 23–16
November 4at No. 4 Alabama L 0–2439,000
November 11at Auburn W 11–10
November 18at No. 4 LSU L 6–14
December 2No. 5 Ole Miss
L 7–37
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. Michael B. Ballard, Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878–2003, p. 144, University Press of Mississippi, 2008, ISBN   1-57806-999-8.
  2. "Mississippi State Traditions". HailState.com.
  3. "Vols turn back Maroons, 17–3". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 8, 1961. Retrieved April 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Miss. State tops Arkansas St. in big 38–0 clash". The Selma Times-Journal. October 15, 1961. Retrieved October 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015