1961_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football_team

1961 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season

The 1961 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 3–5–2 overall and 2–4–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his ninth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23		No. 8 Kansas*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 17–16	27,000
September 30	1:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 7–7	82,878
October 7		at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 3–28
October 14		at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 0–10	25,500
October 21		Texas A&M	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 15–14
November 4		Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 14–28	23,000
November 10		at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–28	29,236
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 6–0	50,000	^[1]
November 25		Rice	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 16–35
December 2		SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	T 28–28	20,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	6	0	0	6
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

1961 TCU Horned Frogs football team

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Texas +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Arkansas +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Rice	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Baylor	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
SMU	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll