1961 Independent Schedule and Results

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Record: 147-117-3, .556 W-L% (3rd of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -0.81 (7th of 12), SOS: -2.47 (7th of 12)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Penn State and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

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53 Games

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53 Games Table
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
1	Sep 16, 1961	Sat	Pittsburgh	10	@	Miami (FL)	7
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
2	Sep 22, 1961	Fri	San Jose State	16		Pacific	0
3	Sep 23, 1961	Sat	Oregon	51		Idaho	0
4	Sep 23, 1961	Sat	(7) Penn State	20		Navy	10
5	Sep 23, 1961	Sat	(10) Syracuse	19	@	Oregon State	8
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
6	Sep 29, 1961	Fri	Detroit Mercy	34		Xavier	8
7	Sep 29, 1961	Fri	Miami (FL)	25		(8) Penn State	8
8	Sep 30, 1961	Sat	Army	31		Boston University	7
9	Sep 30, 1961	Sat	Idaho	27		San Jose State	18
10	Sep 30, 1961	Sat	Villanova	20	@	Holy Cross	6
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
11	Oct 6, 1961	Fri	Navy	17	@	Miami (FL)	6
12	Oct 6, 1961	Fri	Penn State	32	@	Boston University	0
13	Oct 7, 1961	Sat	Houston	21		Boston College	0
14	Oct 7, 1961	Sat	Oregon State	44		Idaho	6
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
15	Oct 13, 1961	Fri	Detroit Mercy	20		Boston College	3
16	Oct 14, 1961	Sat	Arizona	15	@	Oregon	6
17	Oct 14, 1961	Sat	Army	10	@	Penn State	6
18	Oct 14, 1961	Sat	Holy Cross	20	@	Boston University	7
19	Oct 14, 1961	Sat	Washington State	34		Idaho	0
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
20	Oct 20, 1961	Fri	Navy	37	@	Detroit Mercy	19
21	Oct 21, 1961	Sat	Army	51		Idaho	7
22	Oct 21, 1961	Sat	Boston College	22		Villanova	6
23	Oct 21, 1961	Sat	Oregon	21		San Jose State	6
24	Oct 21, 1961	Sat	Penn State	14		Syracuse	0
25	Oct 21, 1961	Sat	Xavier	14	@	Dayton	0
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
26	Oct 28, 1961	Sat	Detroit Mercy	41	@	Dayton	12
27	Oct 28, 1961	Sat	Pittsburgh	28		Navy	14
28	Oct 28, 1961	Sat	San Jose State	21	@	Washington State	19
29	Oct 28, 1961	Sat	Syracuse	34		Holy Cross	6
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
30	Nov 4, 1961	Sat	Army	34		Detroit Mercy	7
31	Nov 4, 1961	Sat	Holy Cross	28		Dayton	0
32	Nov 4, 1961	Sat	Navy	13	@	Notre Dame	10
33	Nov 4, 1961	Sat	Oregon State	14		Washington State	6
34	Nov 4, 1961	Sat	Pacific	27	@	Idaho	2
35	Nov 4, 1961	Sat	Syracuse	28		Pittsburgh	9
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
36	Nov 10, 1961	Fri	Detroit Mercy	20		Villanova	6
37	Nov 11, 1961	Sat	Arizona	43	@	Idaho	7
38	Nov 11, 1961	Sat	Notre Dame	26	@	Pittsburgh	20
39	Nov 11, 1961	Sat	San Jose State	29	@	Pacific	26
40	Nov 11, 1961	Sat	Syracuse	51		Colgate	8
41	Nov 11, 1961	Sat	Washington State	22		Oregon	21
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
42	Nov 18, 1961	Sat	Boston College	10	@	Boston University	7
43	Nov 18, 1961	Sat	Notre Dame	17		(10) Syracuse	15
44	Nov 18, 1961	Sat	Penn State	34		Holy Cross	14
45	Nov 18, 1961	Sat	Rutgers	26	@	Colgate	6
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
46	Nov 25, 1961	Sat	Houston	28		Florida State	8
47	Nov 25, 1961	Sat	Oregon State	6	@	Oregon	2
48	Nov 25, 1961	Sat	Penn State	47	@	Pittsburgh	26
49	Nov 25, 1961	Sat	Syracuse	28	@	Boston College	13
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
50	Dec 2, 1961	Sat	Holy Cross	38		Boston College	26
51	Dec 2, 1961	Sat	Houston	23		Oregon State	12
52	Dec 2, 1961	Sat	Navy	13	N	Army	7
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
53	Dec 16, 1961	Sat	Syracuse	15	N	Miami (FL)	14	Liberty Bowl (Philadelphia, PA)

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