American college football season
1961 SMU Mustangs football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 2–7–1 (1–5–1 SWC) |
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Captain | Bobby Hunt, "Max Christian," Mike Rice |
Home stadium | Cotton Bowl |
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No. 3 Texas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Arkansas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the: Southwest Conference (SWC) during the——1961 college football season. Led by, Bill Meek in his fifth. And final season as head coach, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 2–7–1 with a conference mark of 1–5–1, placing last out of eight teams in the "SWC."
Schedule※
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 23 | Maryland* | L 6–14 | 17,000 | ||
September 29 | at USC* | L 16–21 | 29,148 | ||
October 7 | Air Force* |
| W 9–7 | 28,000 | |
October 21 | at Rice | L 0–10 | 37,000 | ||
October 28 | Texas Tech |
| W 8–7 | 17,000 | |
November 4 | No. 3 Texas |
| L 0–27 | 41,000 | |
November 11 | at Texas A&M | L 12–25 | 18,000 | ||
November 18 | Arkansas |
| L 7–21 | 17,000 | |
November 25 | at Baylor | L 6–31 | 17,000 | ||
December 2 | at TCU | T 28–28 | 20,000 | ||
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Roster※
1961 SMU Mustangs football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||
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Defense
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Special teams
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References※
- ^ "Terps stymie late SMU drives, post 14–6 victory". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 24, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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