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1961 Stanford Indians football team

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1961 Stanford Indians football
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Record	4–6 (1–4 AAWU)
Head coach	Jack Curtice (4th season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

1961 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.16UCLA $	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
USC	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Washington	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Stanford	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
California	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1961 college football season. The team was led by Jack Curtice in his fourth year. The team played their home games at Stanford StadiuminStanford, California.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Tulane*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 9–7	19,000	^[2]
September 30	atOregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 34–0	28,000
October 7	at No. 6Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 3–31	61,367
October 14	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 17–6
October 21	atWashington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–13	52,741
October 28	UCLA	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 0–20	35,000
November 4	Oregon*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 7–19	27,000
November 11	atUSC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 15–30	36,598
November 18	Washington State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 0–30	21,000
November 25	California	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 20–7	79,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1961–1965". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.

^ "Tulane is 9–7 loser". The San Francisco Examiner. September 24, 1961. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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