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1961 Mayville State Comets football
NDIC champion
Conference North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
Record8–0 (6–0 NDIC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mayville State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Wahpeton Science 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Dickinson State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Jamestown 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Minot State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Valley City State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Ellendale 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1961 Mayville State Comets football team was an American football team that represented Mayville State Teachers College (now known as Mayville State University) as a member of the North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (NDIC) during the 1961 NAIA football season. In their sixth year under head coach Jerome Berg, the Comets compiled a perfect 8–0 record (6–0 in conference games), won the NDCAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 203 to 47.

Seven Mayville players were selected as first-team players on the 1961 All-NDIC football team: back Art Oliver; end Darryl Glbran; tackles Vern Spitzer and Wendell Corbett; guards Ken Nessa, Dick Roragen, and Mike Strand. [1]

The team played its home games in Mayville, North Dakota.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 15Minot StateW 32–13 [2]
September 22at EllendaleEllendale, NDW 40–0 [3]
September 29Bethel (MN)W 21–7
October 7Valley CityW 37–0 [4]
October 13Dickinson StateMayville, NDW 7–0 [5]
October 21JamestownW 19–14 [6]
October 27at Wahpeton ScienceWahpeton, NDW 14–13 [7] [8]
November 4NorthlandW 33–0 [9]

References

  1. ^ "Mayville Dominates All-NDIC Grid Team". The Bismarck Tribune. November 18, 1961. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mayville Drops Minot 32-13". Morning Pioneer. September 16, 1961. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Mayville Clinches 3rd Straight NDIC Crown". The Bismarck Tribune. October 23, 1961. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Savages Whip Dusties, Mayville Rolls Again". The Bismarck Tribune. October 9, 1961. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Mayville Nips Dickinson 7-0, Heads for Title". The Bismarck Tribune. October 14, 1961. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Mayville Clinches 3rd Straight NDIC Crown". The Bismarck Tribune. October 23, 1961. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Mayville Cops NDIC Grid Title". Morning Pioneer. October 28, 1961. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Mayville Holds Off Wahpeton Bid 14-13". The Bismarck Tribune. October 28, 1961. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Dickinson, Minot Lose To S. Dak. Football Teams". Morning Pioneer. November 6, 1961. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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