1961 BYU Cougars football team
American college football season
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The 1961 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1961 college football season. In their first season under head coach Hal Mitchell, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 2–4 against conference opponents, tied for fifth place in the Skyline, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 289 to 130.[1][2]
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record2–8 (2–4 Skyline)
Headcoach
- Hal Mitchell (1st season)
HomestadiumCougar Stadium
| 1961 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Skyline Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (2–4 Skyline) |
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| Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Utah State + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Eldon Fortie with 469 passing yards, 422 rushing yards, and 891 yards of total offense, and Paul Allen with 261 receiving yards and 58 points scored.[3][4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | San Jose State* |
| L 13–14 | 9,289 | |
| September 23 | at West Texas State* | L 8–55 | 12,000–13,000 | [5] | |
| September 30 | at North Texas State* | L 30–31 | 8,000 | [6] | |
| October 7 | Montana |
| W 7–6 | 6,519 | [7] |
| October 14 | at Utah | L 20–21 | |||
| October 21 | at Wyoming | L 8–36 | 15,381 | [8] | |
| November 4 | Utah State |
| L 8–31 | 13,123 | [9] |
| November 11 | Colorado State |
| W 30–16 | 8,144 | [10] |
| November 18 | at Oregon State* | L 0–35 | 8,495 | ||
| November 25 | at New Mexico | L 6–34 | 11,020 | [11] | |
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