1961 NAIA football season

1961 Evergreen Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; * – on probation; ineligible for conference title ;

1961 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NAIA playoff participant;

1961 NAIA football season
Regular season	August–December 1961
Postseason	December 2–9, 1961
National Championship	Hughes Stadium; Sacramento, CA
Champion	Pittsburg State (2)

The 1961 NAIA football season, as part of the 1961 college football season in the United States, was the sixth season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The season was played from August to December 1961, culminating in the sixth annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. During its three years in Sacramento, the game was called the Camellia Bowl (separate from the present day bowl game with the same name in Montgomery, Alabama).

Pittsburg State defeated Linfield in the championship game, 12–7, to win their second NAIA national title and first since 1957.[1]

Conference standings

1961 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Parsons $	8	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Luther	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Central (IA)	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Upper Iowa	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Dubuque	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Buena Vista	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Iowa Wesleyan	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Wartburg	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Simpson	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1961 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Missouri Valley $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
William Jewell	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Graceland	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	2
Tarkio	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Central Methodist	0	–	2	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
Culver–Stockton	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	6	–	2

$ – Conference champion

1961 Nebraska College Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Peru State $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Kearney State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Hastings	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Doane	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Wayne State (NE)	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Chadron State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Nebraska Wesleyan	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1961 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Central State (OK) +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Langston +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Panhandle A&M	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
East Central	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
SE Oklahoma State	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northeastern State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
SW Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
NW Oklahoma State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1961 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northern State $^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Huron	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Southern State	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
South Dakota Tech	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Black Hills	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Dakota Wesleyan	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
General Beadle	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant

1961 Tri-State Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Midland $	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Dana	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Westmar	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Northwestern (IA)	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Concordia (NE)	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Yankton	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Sioux Falls	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

Semifinals December 2, 1961		Championship December 9, 1961 Camellia Bowl[2]


Whittier	7

Linfield*	18
		Linfield	7

		Pittsburg State	12
Northern State (SD)	14

Pittsburg State*	28

"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
"1961 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

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