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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 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1961 college football season. The team's head coach was Bump Elliott. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

Schedule

September 30No. 9/NA UCLA*

W 29–6 73,019 October 7Army*No. 9/8

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI

W 38–8 65,012 October 14No. 5/6 Michigan StateNo. 6/2

L 0–28 103,198 October 21Purduedagger

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI

W 16–14 66,805 October 28at Minnesota

L 20–23 63,898 November 4Duke*

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI

W 28–14 56,488 November 11at Illinois

W 38–6 40,179 November 18Iowa

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI

W 23–14 61,925 November 25No. 2/2 Ohio StateNo. NR/9

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI (Rivalry)

L 20–50 80,444

Template:CFB Schedule End

Statistical leaders

Rushing

Player Attempts Net yards Yards per attempt Touchdowns
Dave Raimey 99 496 5.0 6
Bennie McRae 75 453 6.0 3
Bill Tunnicliff 96 396 4.1 3

Passing

Player Attempts Completions Interceptions Comp % Yards Yds/Comp TD Long
Dave Glinka 96 46 5 47.9 588 12.8 5 72
Bob Chandler 11 6 0 54.5 100 16.7 1 36

Receiving

Player Receptions Yards Yds/Recp TD Long
Bennie McRae 10 210 21.0 2 72
George Mans 14 138 9.9 1 16
Robert Brown 5 110 22.0 2 45

Kickoff returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Dave Raimey 10 308 30.8 1 90
Bennie McRae 8 148 18.5 0 29
Ed Hood 1 42 42.0 0 42

Punt returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Dave Raimey 7 92 13.1 1 54
Bennie McRae 10 39 3.9 0 11
Harvey Chapman 4 32 8.0 0 17

Players

  • Douglas Bickle - started 4 games at right tackle, 3 games at left tackle
  • Harvey Chapman - started 1 game at left halfback
  • Dave Glinka - started 2 games at quarterback
  • Todd Grant - started 6 games at center
  • Lee Hall - started 5 games at right guard, 3 games at left guard
  • John Houtman - started 6 games at left tackle
  • Dave Kurtz - started 1 game at right guard
  • Scott Maentz - started 9 games at left end
  • Frank Maloney - started 1 game at right guard
  • George Mans - started 9 games at right end
  • Bennie McRae - started 8 games at left halfback
  • John Minko - started 6 games at left guard
  • Joe O'Donnell - started 1 game at right guard
  • Jim Raeder - started 4 games at fullback
  • Dave Raimey - started 9 games at right halfback
  • Jon Schopf - started 5 games at right tackle
  • John Stamos - started 7 games at quarterback
  • Bill Tunnicliff - started 1 game at fullback
  • Ken Tureaud - started 3 games at fullback
  • John Walker - started 3 games at center, 1 game at right guard
  • Ed Hood - Hook and ladder specialist.

Awards and honors

Coaching staff

References

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