1961 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1961 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference Independent
1961 record 5–5
Head coach Joe Kuharich (3rd year)
Captain Norb Roy
Captain Nick Buoniconti
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

The 1961 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1961 college football season.

Schedule

1961 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#15 Rutgers         9 0 0
#17 Arizona         8 1 1
Memphis State         8 2 0
Villanova         8 2 0
#17 Penn State         8 3 0
#14 Syracuse         8 3 0
Holy Cross         7 3 0
Navy         7 3 0
Miami (FL)         7 4 0
Army         6 4 0
San Jose State         6 4 0
Xavier         6 4 0
Colgate         5 4 0
Detroit         5 4 0
Pacific         5 4 0
Houston         5 4 1
Notre Dame         5 5 0
Oregon State         5 5 0
Florida State         4 5 1
Boston University         4 5 0
Boston College         4 6 0
Oregon         4 6 0
Air Force         3 7 0
Pittsburgh         3 7 0
Washington State         3 7 0
Idaho         2 7 0
Dayton         2 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 30 Oklahoma Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN W 19-6   55,198
October 7 at Purdue Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) W 22-20   51,295
October 14 Southern California #8 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) W 30-0   50,427
October 21 at #1 Michigan State #6 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) L 7-17   76,132
October 28 Northwestern #8 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Rivalry) L 10-12   59,075
November 4 Navy Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Rivalry) L 10-13   59,075
November 11 at Pittsburgh Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA W 26-20   50,527
November 18 #10 Syracuse Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN W 17-15   49,246
November 25 at Iowa Iowa StadiumIowa City, IA L 21-42   58,000
December 2 at Duke Duke StadiumDurham, NC L 13-37   35,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round NFL Club
Joe CarolloTackle 2 Los Angeles Rams
Bob BillTackle 2 New York Giants
Mike LindFullback 5 San Francisco 49ers
John PowersTight End 9 Pittsburgh Steelers
Joe PerkowskiBack 13 Chicago Bears

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