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1961 California

1–⁠8–⁠1 (1–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Marv Levy.

Schedule and results

California in 1961, game by game: lost vs. Texas 3–28; lost at Iowa 7–28; tied at Missouri 14–14; won vs. Washington 21–14; lost vs. USC 14–28; lost at Penn State 16–33; lost at UCLA 15–35; lost vs. Air Force 14–15; lost vs. Kansas 7–53; lost at Stanford 7–20+7−46Lost 3–28 vs. Texas-25TexasLost 7–28 at Iowa-21IowaTied 14–14 at Missouri0MissouriWon 21–14 vs. Washington+7WashingtonLost 14–28 vs. USC-14USCLost 16–33 at Penn State-17Penn StateLost 15–35 at UCLA-20UCLALost 14–15 vs. Air Force-1Air ForceLost 7–53 vs. Kansas-46KansasLost 7–20 at Stanford-13Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsTexasL 3–⁠2832%
Sep 30atIowaL 7–⁠2815%
Oct 7atMissouriT 14–⁠1413%
Oct 14vsWashingtonW 21–⁠1425%
Oct 21vsUSCL 14–⁠2857%
Oct 28atPenn StateL 16–⁠3316%
Nov 4atUCLAL 15–⁠3519%
Nov 11vsAir ForceL 14–⁠1555%
Nov 18vsKansasL 7–⁠5321%
Nov 25atStanfordL 7–⁠2046%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 20–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
1–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 4th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
118–⁠268
Coach
Marv Levy
Elo
1344 −83 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.8 No. 72 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1961 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA3–⁠17–⁠416
Washington2–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
USC2–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠34–⁠6
California1–⁠31–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.