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1961 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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1961 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Texas + 6 1 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Arkansas + 6 1 0 8 3 0
Rice 5 2 0 7 4 0
Texas A&M 3 4 0 4 5 1
TCU 2 4 1 3 5 2
Baylor 2 5 0 6 5 0
Texas Tech 2 5 0 4 6 0
SMU 1 5 1 2 7 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1961 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 3–5–2 overall and 2–4–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his ninth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule

September 23No. 8 Kansas*

W 17–16 27,000 September 301:30 PMat No. 3 Ohio State*

T 7–7 82,878 October 7at Arkansas

L 3–28 - October 14at Texas Tech

L 0–10 - October 21Texas A&M

  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX

W 15–14 - November 4Baylor

L 14–28 - November 10at UCLA*

L 7–28 - November 182:00 PMat No. 1 Texas

W 6–0 50,000 November 25Rice

  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX

L 16–35 - December 2SMU

T 28–28 20,000

Template:CFB Schedule End [1]

References

  1. ^ "1961 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved 21 July 2016.