1961 Michigan Wolverines football team

1961 Michigan Wolverines football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1961 record 6–3 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Bump Elliott (3rd year)
MVP John Walker
Captain George Mans
Home stadium Michigan Stadium
1961 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Ohio State $ 6 0 0     8 0 1
#6 Minnesota 6 1 0     8 2 0
#8 Michigan State 5 2 0     7 2 0
#12 Purdue 4 2 0     6 3 0
Wisconsin 4 3 0     6 3 0
Michigan 3 3 0     6 3 0
Iowa 2 4 0     5 4 0
Northwestern 2 4 0     4 5 0
Indiana 0 6 0     2 7 0
Illinois 0 7 0     0 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1961 college football season. The team's head coach was Bump Elliott. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 30, 1961 #9/NA UCLA* Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI W 29–6   73,019
October 7, 1961 Army* #9/8 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 38–8   65,012
October 14, 1961 #5/6 Michigan State #6/2 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 0–28   103,198
October 21, 1961 Purduedagger Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 16–14   66,805
October 28, 1961 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN L 20–23   63,898
November 4, 1961 Duke* Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 28–14   56,488
November 11, 1961 at Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, Il W 38–6   40,179
November 18, 1961 Iowa Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 23–14   61,925
November 25, 1961 #2/2 Ohio State #NR/9 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 20–50   80,444
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Statistical leaders

Rushing

Player Attempts Net yards Yards per attemptTouchdowns
Dave Raimey994965.06
Bennie McRae754536.03
Bill Tunnicliff963964.13

Passing

Player AttemptsCompletions InterceptionsComp %YardsYds/CompTDLong
Dave Glinka9646547.958812.8572
Bob Chandler116054.510016.7136

Receiving

Player ReceptionsYards Yds/RecpTDLong
Bennie McRae1021021.0272
George Mans141389.9116
Robert Brown511022.0245

Kickoff returns

Player ReturnsYards Yds/ReturnTDLong
Dave Raimey1030830.8190
Bennie McRae814818.5029
Ed Hood14242.0042

Punt returns

Player ReturnsYards Yds/ReturnTDLong
Dave Raimey79213.1154
Bennie McRae10393.9011
Harvey Chapman4328.0017

Players

Awards and honors

Coaching staff

References

    External links

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