1961 Oregon Ducks football team

American college football season

1961 Oregon Ducks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
  • Len Casanova (11th season)
CaptainKent Peterson, Mickey Bruce
Home stadiumHayward Field
Multnomah Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Western college football independents records
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Arizona     8 1 1
Westminster (UT)     7 1 1
La Verne     7 2 0
Idaho State     5 2 1
San Francisco     4 2 0
Cal Poly Pomona     6 3 0
San Jose State     6 4 0
Eastern New Mexico     6 4 0
Los Angeles Pacific     5 3 0
Montana State     4 3 1
Pacific (CA)     5 4 0
Azusa     4 3 0
Oregon State     5 5 0
Santa Clara     3 3 0
Oregon     4 6 0
Claremont     3 6 0
Air Force     3 7 0
Washington State     3 7 0
Cal Western     3 7 0
Idaho     2 7 0
San Diego     2 8 0
Southern California College     1 5 0
UC Riverside     1 7 0
Pepperdine     1 9 0

The 1961 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1961 college football season. In their eleventh season under head coach Len Casanova and third as an independent, the Ducks compiled a 4–6 record and outscored their opponents 152 to 112. Three home games were played on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene, with two at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

The team's statistical leaders included Doug Post with 662 passing yards, Mel Renfro with 335 rushing yards, and Paul Burleson with 222 receiving yards.[1] All three were sophomores.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23IdahoW 51–017,800[2][3]
September 30at UtahL 6–14
October 7at Minnesota
L 7–1450,499
October 14ArizonaL 6–1518,651[4]
October 21San Jose State
  • Hayward Field
  • Eugene, OR
W 21–610,200
October 28Washington
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
W 7–632,681
November 4at StanfordW 19–727,000
November 11at Washington State
L 21–2210,500
November 18at No. 3 Ohio StateL 12–2282,073
November 25Oregon State
L 2–621,300
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

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References

  1. ^ "1961 Oregon Ducks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Sophomore-laden Oregon romps past Vandals 51-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 24, 1961. p. 8.
  3. ^ Strite, Dick (September 24, 1961). "Oregon footballers ramble past Idaho". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  4. ^ Don McLeod (October 15, 1961). "Arizona Hangs 15-6 Defeat On Webfoots: 18,651 See Wildcats Rack UO". The Sunday Oregonian. pp. 1, 6 (section 2) – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1961 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "1961 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 48. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "Oregon-OSU lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 24, 1961. p. 2B.
  • Game program: Oregon at Washington State – November 11, 1961
  • WSU Libraries: Game video – Oregon at Washington State – November 11, 1961
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