1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

1961 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1961 record 5–5 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach Wade Walker (6th season)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1961 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama + 7 –0 –0  11 –0 –0
No. 4 LSU + 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 5 Ole Miss 5 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 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 Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 6–0  
September 30 at Houston* Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas W 10–7  
October 7 at Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee L 3–17  
October 14 Arkansas State* Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 38–0  
October 21 at Georgia Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia L 7–10  
October 28 at Memphis State* Crump Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 23–16  
November 4 at No. 4 Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Rivalry) L 0–24  
November 11 at Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama W 11–10  
November 18 at No. 4 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Rivalry) L 6–14  
December 2 No. 5 Ole Miss Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) L 7–37  
*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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