1961 Florida
4–5–1 (3–3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Graves. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Tulane 14–3Oct 6
By 11 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs Clemson | W 21–17 | 62% |
| Sep 30 | vs Florida State | T 3–3 | 74% |
| Oct 6 | at Tulane | W 14–3 | 63% |
| Oct 14 | at Rice | L 10–19 | 51% |
| Oct 21 | at Vanderbilt | W 7–0 | 60% |
| Oct 28 | vs LSU | L 0–23 | 53% |
| Nov 4 | at Georgia Tech | L 0–20 | 33% |
| Nov 11 | vs Georgia | W 21–14 | 60% |
| Nov 25 | at Auburn | L 15–32 | 35% |
| Dec 2 | vs Miami | L 6–15 | 52% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Miami 15–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1961.
- Record
- 4–5–1
- Conference
- 3–3 6th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 97–146
- Coach
- Ray Graves
- Elo
- 1524 −63 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.3 No. 44 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Jim Beaver
Drafted in 1962
The 1962 draft| Rd 4 | Floyd Dean OT | San Francisco 49ers |
All-SEC
1 second teamSecond team
Jim BeaverOTAP-3; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1961 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alabama | 7–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| LSU | 6–0 | 10–1 | 4 |
 Ole Miss | 5–1 | 9–2 | 5 |
| Georgia Tech | 4–3 | 7–4 | 13 |
 Tennessee | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Florida | 3–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Auburn | 3–4 | 6–4 | |
 Kentucky | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| Georgia | 2–5 | 3–7 | |
 Mississippi State | 1–5 | 5–5 | |
| Tulane | 1–5 | 2–8 | |
| Vanderbilt | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.