1961 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

1961 The Citadel Bulldogs football
SoCon champion
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7–3 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Eddie Teague (5th season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium

1961 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
The Citadel $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Richmond	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
West Virginia	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
George Washington	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1961 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1961 NCAA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth year head coach Eddie Teague and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They played as members of the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. In 1961, The Citadel won its first Southern Conference championship.

After the season, the Bulldogs declined two bowl invitations. The first to be offered was the Tangerine Bowl. The Citadel had appeared in the previous edition of this small-college bowl in 1960 and elected to decline the repeat trip. Later, the Bulldogs declined an invitation to the Aviation Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 16	at Memphis State*	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	L 0-40
September 23	George Washington	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	L 13-17
September 30	Davidson	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 20-12
October 7	Richmond	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 24-6
October 14	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, Virginia	W 10-8
October 21	Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina (Rivalry)	W 9-8
October 28	at Xavier*	Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati	W 7-6
November 4	at VMI	Alumni Field Lexington, Virginia (Rivalry)	W 14-8
November 11	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 8-44
November 18	Arkansas State*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 28-6
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Memphis State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1958	CIT 28–26

George Washington

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–7	1960	GW 19–14

Davidson

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–18–4	1960	CIT 21–15

Richmond

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–4	1960	CIT 24–12

William & Mary

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	1960	CIT 14–0

Furman

See also: The Citadel–Furman football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–28–3	1960	CIT 7–6

Xavier

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

VMI

See also: Rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–14–1	1960	VMI 20–6

Florida State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2–1	1960	T 0–0

Arkansas State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1960	CIT 22–21