1961 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1961 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1961 college football season. The selectors for the 1961 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.

All Southwest selections

Backs

• Jimmy Saxton, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Cotten, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Lance Alworth, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Roland Jackson, Rice (AP-1; UPI-1)

Ends

• Bob Moses, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Burrell, Rice (AP-1)
• Jim Collier, Arkansas (UPI-1)

Tackles

• Don Talbert, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Robert Johnston, Rice (AP-1)
• Bobby Plummer, TCU (UPI-1)

Guards

• Dean Garrett, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Ray Schoenke, SMU (AP-1)
• Johnny Treadwell, Texas (AP-1)
• Adkins, Baylor (UPI-1)

Centers

• Bill Hicks, Baylor (AP-1)
• David Kristynik, Texas (UPI-1) (brother of Marvin Kristynik)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI

See also

• 1961 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Saxton, Alworth Lead Coaches' All-Southwest Conference Teams". Corsicana Daily Sun. December 4, 1961. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "UPI All-Southwest Conference". The Bryan Daily Eagle. December 3, 1961. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.