1961 LSU Tigers football team

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1961 LSU Tigers football
SEC co-champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 25–7 vs. Colorado
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 4
Record10–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama + 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 4 LSU + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Ole Miss 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Georgia Tech 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Florida 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Auburn 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1961 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh year under head coach Paul Dietzel, the Tigers complied an overall record of 10–1, with a conference record of 6–0, and finished second in the SEC. Following the Tigers' Orange Bowl victory vs. Colorado, Dietzel departed to take the head coaching position at Army.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Rice*No. 5
L 16–373,000[1]
September 308:00 p.m.Texas A&M*
W 16–764,000[2]
October 78:00 p.m.No. 3 Georgia Tech
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 10–068,000[3]
October 14at South Carolina*
W 42–028,000[4]
October 218:00 p.m.KentuckydaggerNo. 10
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 24–1466,000[5]
October 28at FloridaNo. 7
W 23–046,000[6]
November 48:00 p.m.No. 2 Ole MissNo. 6
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 10–768,000[7]
November 11at North Carolina*No. 4
W 30–028,000[8]
November 188:00 p.m.Mississippi StateNo. 4
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 14–658,000[9]
November 258:00 p.m.TulaneNo. 4
W 62–063,500[10]
January 1, 196212:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 Colorado*No. 4
ABCW 25–762,391[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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