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1961 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record4–5 (2–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainLarry Onesti [1]
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
Seasons
←  1960
1962 →
1961 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Minnesota 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Michigan State 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Purdue 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1961 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference. [2] [3]

The team's offensive leaders were Tom O'Grady with 322 passing yards, Bill Swingle with 476 rushing yards, and Willie Stinson with 158 receiving yards. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 30 Boston College*
W 45–035,418
October 7at Illinois
W 28–740,138
October 14 Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–1041,251
October 21No. 7 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–1043,259
October 28at No. 8 Notre Dame*
W 12–1059,075
November 4 Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 14–835,392
November 11 Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–2946,203
November 18at No. 9 Michigan State
L 13–2151,403
November 24at Miami (FL)*
L 6–10
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "1961 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "1961 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.


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