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1961 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary

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Record: 40-40-0, .500 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.30 (5th of 12) ▪ SOS: 4.59 (4th of 12)

Conference Champion: Duke

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Duke)

Standings

	Overall				Conference				Pts/G		SRS
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
Duke	7	3	0	.700	5	1	0	.833	18.3	10.6	13.49	6.59
North Carolina	5	5	0	.500	4	3	0	.571	12.1	14.1	6.16	7.16
Maryland	7	3	0	.700	3	3	0	.500	15.6	14.1	6.52	3.02
Clemson	5	5	0	.500	3	3	0	.500	19.9	12.6	9.31	3.81
North Carolina State	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	12.9	14.9	2.39	4.99
South Carolina	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	12.8	18.7	0.58	5.28
Wake Forest	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	10.3	15.9	-0.16	4.74
Virginia	4	6	0	.400	2	4	0	.333	12.3	19.0	-3.88	1.12

AP Poll Summary

School	Pre	9/25	10/2	10/9	10/16	10/23	10/30	11/6	11/13	11/20	11/27	Final
Duke												20
Maryland				10

Award Winners

ACC Player of the Year:	Roman Gabriel (North Carolina State)

ACC Coach of the Year:	William Elias (Virginia)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	99
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	71
3.	Jim Costen (SC)	61
4.	Dick Shiner (MD)	58
5.	Gil Garner (DUKE)	56
6.	Dick Novak (MD)	55
7.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	54
8.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	46
9.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	43
10.	Gary Cuozzo (VA)	42

Pass Attempts

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	186
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	159
3.	Jim Costen (SC)	146
4.	Dick Shiner (MD)	111
5.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	104
6.	Dick Novak (MD)	99
7.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	98
8.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	96
9.	Gary Cuozzo (VA)	93
10.	Chuck Reiley (WAKE)	88

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	53.2
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	44.7
3.	Jim Costen (SC)	41.8

Passing Yards

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	937
2.	Dick Shiner (MD)	921
3.	Ray Farris (NC)	875
4.	Jim Costen (SC)	764
5.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	736
6.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	657
7.	Gil Garner (DUKE)	549
8.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	531
9.	Chuck Reiley (WAKE)	516
10.	Dick Novak (MD)	487

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Ray Farris (NC)	5.5
2.	Jim Costen (SC)	5.2
3.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	5.0

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	4.4
2.	Jim Costen (SC)	2.9
3.	Ray Farris (NC)	2.6

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	8
2.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	7
	Dick Shiner (MD)	7
4.	Dick Novak (MD)	5
	Jim Parker (CLEM)	5
	Gary Cuozzo (VA)	5
	Gil Garner (DUKE)	5
8.	Chuck Reiley (WAKE)	4
9.	Jim Costen (SC)	3
10.	Ray Farris (NC)	2
	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	2

Passing Interceptions

1.	Dick Shiner (MD)	11
	Ray Farris (NC)	11
3.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	9
	Jim Costen (SC)	9
5.	Stanford Fischer (VA)	8
6.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	6
	Dick Novak (MD)	6
8.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	5
	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	5
	Chuck Reiley (WAKE)	5

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	103.3
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	81.2
3.	Jim Costen (SC)	80.2

Rush Attempts

1.	Gib Carson (NC)	116
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	110
3.	Dick Day (SC)	100
4.	Ron Scrudato (CLEM)	99
5.	Bob Elliott (NC)	98
6.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	97
	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	97
8.	Alan White (WAKE)	93
9.	Mark Leggett (DUKE)	86
	Jim Addison (NC)	86

Rushing Yards

1.	Alan White (WAKE)	586
2.	Gib Carson (NC)	406
3.	Dick Day (SC)	400
4.	Ernie Arizzi (MD)	369
5.	Bob Elliott (NC)	361
6.	Ron Scrudato (CLEM)	341
7.	Billy Gambrell (SC)	327
8.	Mark Leggett (DUKE)	318
9.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	310
10.	Doug Thomson (VA)	294

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Alan White (WAKE)	6.3
2.	Ernie Arizzi (MD)	4.7
3.	Billy Gambrell (SC)	4.4
4.	Doug Thomson (VA)	4.2
5.	Dick Day (SC)	4.0
6.	Mark Leggett (DUKE)	3.7
7.	Dean Wright (DUKE)	3.7
8.	Bob Elliott (NC)	3.7
9.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	3.5
10.	Gib Carson (NC)	3.5

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Ron Scrudato (CLEM)	8
2.	Alan White (WAKE)	4
	Gib Carson (NC)	4
	Bill McGuirt (CLEM)	4
	Ray Farris (NC)	4
	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	4
7.	Dave Burch (DUKE)	3
	Jim D'Antonio (NCST)	3
	Donnie Frederick (WAKE)	3
	Bob Elliott (NC)	3

Receptions

1.	Gary Collins (MD)	30
2.	John Morris (NCST)	24
	Billy Gambrell (SC)	24
4.	Stan Crisson (DUKE)	20
5.	Pete Widener (DUKE)	17
	Elmo Lam (CLEM)	17
	Al Taylor (NCST)	17
8.	Gary Barnes (CLEM)	16
	Jim Addison (NC)	16
10.	Henry Poniatowski (MD)	15
	John Caskey (SC)	15
	Dean Wright (DUKE)	15
	Gib Carson (NC)	15

Receiving Yards

1.	Gary Collins (MD)	428
2.	John Morris (NCST)	325
3.	John Caskey (SC)	267
4.	Gary Barnes (CLEM)	247
5.	Billy Gambrell (SC)	243
6.	Stan Crisson (DUKE)	241
7.	Elmo Lam (CLEM)	237
	Donnie Frederick (WAKE)	237
9.	Tom Brown (MD)	232
10.	Tommy King (CLEM)	227

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Gary Collins (MD)	14.3
2.	John Morris (NCST)	13.5
3.	Stan Crisson (DUKE)	12.1
4.	Billy Gambrell (SC)	10.1

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Gary Collins (MD)	4
2.	John Hepler (VA)	3
	Billy Futrell (DUKE)	3
	Tommy King (CLEM)	3
5.	Joe Scarpati (NCST)	2
	Mark Leggett (DUKE)	2
	Carson Bosher (NCST)	2
	Henry Crosby (SC)	2
	Gary Barnes (CLEM)	2
	Jay Wilkinson (DUKE)	2
	Stan Crisson (DUKE)	2
	Tom Brown (MD)	2
	Dick Barlund (MD)	2
	Jim Davidson (MD)	2
	Donnie Frederick (WAKE)	2

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Gib Carson (NC)	131
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	110
3.	Jim Addison (NC)	102
4.	Bob Elliott (NC)	101
	Dick Day (SC)	101
6.	Ron Scrudato (CLEM)	100
7.	Billy Gambrell (SC)	99
8.	Alan White (WAKE)	98
	Mark Leggett (DUKE)	98
10.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	97
	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	97

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Alan White (WAKE)	634
2.	Billy Gambrell (SC)	570
3.	Gib Carson (NC)	553
4.	Elmo Lam (CLEM)	507
5.	Mark Leggett (DUKE)	505
6.	Donnie Frederick (WAKE)	491
7.	Ernie Arizzi (MD)	472
8.	Gary Collins (MD)	428
9.	Dick Day (SC)	418
10.	Dean Wright (DUKE)	382

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Ron Scrudato (CLEM)	8
2.	Donnie Frederick (WAKE)	5
	Gib Carson (NC)	5
4.	Alan White (WAKE)	4
	Gary Collins (MD)	4
	Ray Farris (NC)	4
	Bill McGuirt (CLEM)	4
	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	4
9.	John Hepler (VA)	3
	Joe Scarpati (NCST)	3
	Mark Leggett (DUKE)	3
	Bob Elliott (NC)	3
	Tommy King (CLEM)	3
	Dave Burch (DUKE)	3
	Gary Barnes (CLEM)	3
	Billy Futrell (DUKE)	3
	Jim D'Antonio (NCST)	3

Total Plays

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	283
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	269
3.	Jim Costen (SC)	218
4.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	201
5.	Dick Shiner (MD)	184
6.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	166
7.	Chuck Reiley (WAKE)	150
8.	Dick Novak (MD)	149
9.	Gary Cuozzo (VA)	142
10.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	141

Total Yards

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	1133
2.	Ray Farris (NC)	1028
3.	Dick Shiner (MD)	1022
4.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	975
5.	Jim Costen (SC)	921
6.	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	841
7.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	829
8.	Dick Novak (MD)	674
9.	Chuck Reiley (WAKE)	619
10.	Gil Garner (DUKE)	590

Total Touchdowns

1.	Roman Gabriel (NCST)	12
2.	Walt Rappold (DUKE)	9
3.	Ron Scrudato (CLEM)	8
	Dick Shiner (MD)	8
5.	Jim Parker (CLEM)	6
	Dick Novak (MD)	6
	Gil Garner (DUKE)	6
	Ray Farris (NC)	6
9.	Gary Cuozzo (VA)	5
10.	Alan White (WAKE)	4
	Chuck Reiley (WAKE)	4
	Joe Anderson (CLEM)	4
	Bill McGuirt (CLEM)	4
	Gib Carson (NC)	4

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