1961 Princeton
5–4 (5–2 Ivy League), coached by Richard Colman. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Brown 52–0Nov 4
By 52 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs Rutgers | L 13–16 | 60% |
| Oct 7 | at Columbia | W 30–20 | 52% |
| Oct 14 | vs Pennsylvania | W 9–3 | 74% |
| Oct 21 | vs Colgate | L 0–15 | 77% |
| Oct 28 | vs Cornell | W 30–25 | 75% |
| Nov 4 | at Brown | W 52–0 | 72% |
| Nov 11 | at Harvard | L 7–9 | 53% |
| Nov 18 | vs Yale | W 26–16 | 56% |
| Nov 25 | vs Dartmouth | L 6–24 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Dartmouth 24–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 136 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
- 5–4
- Conference
- 5–2 tied for 3rd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 173–128
- Coach
- Richard Colman
- Elo
- 1507 −30 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −16.8 No. 98 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Edwin A. Weihenmayer
1961 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 6–1 | 6–3 | |
| Columbia | 6–1 | 6–3 | |
| Dartmouth | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
 Princeton | 5–2 | 5–4 | |
| Yale | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Cornell | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1–6 | 2–7 | |
| Brown | 0–7 | 0–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.