1961 Texas Southern Tigers football team

1961 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJeppesen Stadium
1961 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Jackson State $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Grambling 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Southern 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Prairie View A&M 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Wiley 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Arkansas AM&N 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Texas College 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1961 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1961 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Alexander Durley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23at Southern
W 14–6[1]
October 7Prairie View A&M
W 29–14[2]
October 14Texas College
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 52–12[3]
October 21vs. Corpus Christi*
W 47–6[4]
October 28at Wiley
W 20–0[5]
November 4at Grambling
L 19–23[6]
November 11Jackson State
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–12[7]
November 18Arkansas AM&N
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 43–12
November 25at No. 4 Florida A&M*
L 7–48[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "TSU upsets Southern, 14–6". The Louisiana Weekly. September 30, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Texas Southern top Prairie View in 29–14 win". Jackson Advocate. October 14, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "T.S.U. leads in ANP weekly pigskin poll". The Louisiana Weekly. October 21, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tarpons lose, 47–6, to Texas Southern". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 22, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Texas Southern blanks Wiley". The Marshall News Messenger. October 30, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Grambling smears 'clean' TSU, 23–19". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 11, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Jackson State leads the Pack". The Clarion-Ledger. November 15, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rattlers bounce TSU, 48–7". Tallahassee Democrat. November 26, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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