1961 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1961 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJeppesen Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Jackson State $ 6 1 0 9 2 0
Grambling 5 2 0 8 2 0
Southern 5 2 0 7 3 0
Texas Southern 5 2 0 6 3 0
Prairie View A&M 3 4 0 5 4 1
Wiley 2 4 1 4 4 1
Arkansas AM&N 1 5 1 3 6 1
Texas College 0 7 0 0 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 NCAA College Division 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[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23at SouthernW 14–6[1]
October 7Prairie View A&MW 29–14[2]
October 14Texas 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 GramblingL 19–23[6]
November 11Jackson State
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–12[7]
November 18Arkansas 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[edit]

  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.