1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1961 record 55 (15 SEC)
Head coach Wade Walker (6th year)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1961 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Alabama + 7 0 0     11 0 0
#4 LSU + 6 0 0     10 1 0
#5 Ole Miss 5 1 0     9 2 0
#13 Georgia Tech 4 3 0     7 4 0
Tennessee 4 3 0     6 4 0
Florida 3 3 0     4 5 1
Auburn 3 4 0     6 4 0
Kentucky 2 4 0     5 5 0
Georgia 2 5 0     3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 5 0     5 5 0
Tulane 1 5 0     2 8 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 0     2 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1961 college 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

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 23 Texas Tech* Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS W 60  
September 30 at Houston* Rice StadiumHouston, TX W 107  
October 7 at Tennessee Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN L 317  
October 14 Arkansas State* Scott FieldStarkville, MS W 380  
October 21 at Georgia Grant FieldAtlanta, GA L 710  
October 28 at Memphis State* Crump StadiumMemphis, TN W 2316  
November 4 at No. 4 Alabama Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) L 024  
November 11 at Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, AL W 1110  
November 18 at No. 4 LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) L 614  
December 2 No. 5 Ole Miss Scott FieldStarkville, MS (Egg Bowl) L 737  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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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. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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