1961 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1961 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTulane 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 Tulane Green Wave football team was an

1961 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. In their eighth year under head coach Andy Pilney
, the team compiled a 2–8 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Stanford*L 7–919,000[1]
September 30at No. 4 AlabamaL 0–933,000[2]
October 6FloridaL 3–1430,000[3]
October 14VPI*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 27–14[4]
October 21at No. 2 Ole MissL 0–4140,000[5]
October 28No. 9 Georgia Techdagger
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–3522,000[6]
November 4at Clemson*L 6–2125,000[7]
November 11Miami (FL)*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–615,000[8]
November 17Vanderbilt
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 17–1415,000[9]
November 25at No. 4 LSUL 0–6263,500[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from
    AP Poll
    released prior to the game

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