1961 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1961 Texas Southern Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Jeppesen Stadium
Seasons
←  1960
1962  →
1961 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Jackson State $ 6 –1 –09 –2 –0
Grambling 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
Southern 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Texas Southern 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
Prairie View A&M 3 –4 –05 –4 –1
Wiley 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
Arkansas AM&N 1 –5 –13 –6 –1
Texas College 0 –7 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1961 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1961 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Alexander Durley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23at Southern
W 14–6 [1]
October 7 Prairie View A&M
W 29–14 [2]
October 14 Texas College
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 52–12 [3]
October 21vs. Corpus Christi *
W 47–6 [4]
October 28at Wiley
W 20–0 [5]
November 4at Grambling
L 19–23 [6]
November 11 Jackson State
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–12 [7]
November 18 Arkansas AM&N
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 43–12
November 25at No. 4 Florida A&M *
L 7–48 [8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "TSU upsets Southern, 14–6". The Louisiana Weekly. September 30, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Texas Southern top Prairie View in 29–14 win". Jackson Advocate. October 14, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "T.S.U. leads in ANP weekly pigskin poll". The Louisiana Weekly. October 21, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tarpons lose, 47–6, to Texas Southern". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 22, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Texas Southern blanks Wiley". The Marshall News Messenger. October 30, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Grambling smears 'clean' TSU, 23–19". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 11, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Jackson State leads the Pack". The Clarion-Ledger. November 15, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Rattlers bounce TSU, 48–7". Tallahassee Democrat. November 26, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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