1961 Texas Tech
4–6 (2–5 Southwest Conference), coached by J.T. King. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat TCU 10–0Oct 14
By 10 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | at Mississippi State | L 0–6 | 42% |
| Sep 30 | at Texas | L 14–42 | 19% |
| Oct 7 | vs Texas A&M | L 7–38 | 57% |
| Oct 14 | vs TCU | W 10–0 | 36% |
| Oct 21 | vs Baylor | W 19–17 | 35% |
| Oct 28 | at SMU | L 7–8 | 49% |
| Nov 4 | vs Rice | L 7–42 | 38% |
| Nov 11 | vs Boston College | W 14–6 | 44% |
| Nov 25 | at Arkansas | L 0–28 | 16% |
| Dec 2 | vsWest Texas | W 16–14 | 49% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat West Texas 16–14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 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
- 2–5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 94–201
- Coach
- J.T. King
- Elo
- 1426 −27 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −1.6 No. 61 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- T formation
- Defense
- 4–3
Drafted in 1962
The 1962 draft| Rd 3 | Pat Holmes OT | Philadelphia Eagles |
All-Southwest Conference
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From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1961 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–1 | 10–1 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 6–1 | 8–3 | 9 |
| Rice | 5–2 | 7–4 | 17 |
| Texas A&M | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 2–4–1 | 3–5–2 | |
| Baylor | 2–5 | 6–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| SMU | 1–5–1 | 2–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.