1961 Stanford
4–6 (1–3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Jack Curtice. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Oregon State 34–0Sep 30
By 34 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs Tulane | W 9–7 | 43% |
| Sep 30 | at Oregon State | W 34–0 | 25% |
| Oct 7 | at Michigan State | L 3–31 | 20% |
| Oct 14 | vs San José State | W 17–6 | 55% |
| Oct 21 | at Washington | L 0–13 | 22% |
| Oct 28 | vs UCLA | L 0–20 | 38% |
| Nov 4 | vs Oregon | L 7–19 | 41% |
| Nov 11 | at USC | L 15–30 | 29% |
| Nov 18 | vs Washington State | L 0–30 | 51% |
| Nov 25 | vs California | W 20–7 | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat California 20–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.
In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
- 4–6
- Conference
- 1–3 tied for 4th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 105–163
- Coach
- Jack Curtice
- Elo
- 1366 +2 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −3.9 No. 69 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Pacific Coast
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
George HonoreE
Second team
- Tom WalshOGAP-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 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 3–1 | 7–4 | 16 |
| Washington | 2–1–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| USC | 2–1–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Stanford | 1–3 | 4–6 | |
| California | 1–3 | 1–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.